(April 11, 2020 at 3:27 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:And you still didn't get it spelled right.(April 11, 2020 at 1:26 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: IIRC Krakatau is the correct spelling. "Krakatoa, West of Java" was the movie title.
While Krakatau is the accepted Indonesian name, and it's possible that "Krakatoa" was a typo that stuck after some non Portuguese typesetter misspelled Krakatao, the fact remains that it has, indeed, stuck. I typed the name in Wikipedia, and the article name is still "Krakatoa" and not "Krakatao." And unlike cases like, say Genghis Khan, there's no huge digression about how historians are coming around to a certain, different, spelling. It's not exactly THE official name, but it seems to be AN official name.
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(April 11, 2020 at 3:35 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: This is punishment from god for those evil sea creatures following their false dolphin god. Sounds fishy to me!
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Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it! (April 12, 2020 at 4:44 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote:(April 11, 2020 at 3:35 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: This is punishment from god for those evil sea creatures following their false dolphin god. No, that would be the shark god. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" |
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