Having to correct several non-English speakers (and quite a few Americans) as regards the pronunciation of Leicester Square (LES-ter), Gloucester Road (GLOS-ter) or Greenwich (GREN-ich) in London, I thought I’d get this post off my chest. Queen of mispronounced locations is Davos in Switzerland that suffers from looking like a Greek resort such as Kavos. […]
Greek Tourism in 2013
I’ve been to many Greek press conferences and I have seen Greek Tourism ministers come and go, but the 2013 plan presented to the international press in the 2012 World Travel Market impressed everyone, even the most sceptical of Greek domestic journalists. And believe me, having occupied the seat one of them who thought it […]
What do you call someone from..
We all know Londoner, Parisian and New Yorker. But what are the names for the citizens of other cities and states? Or, as we call them, demonyms? Easy to make up one by adding -er or -ian (or -ois in French) to the name. But I’ve been long interested in the more obscure appellations and […]