Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?
Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?
Or are they different places?
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
<hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?
Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?
Or are they different places?
Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of
Dunbartonshire.
Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of Dunbartonshire.
The explanation is very simple :)
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
<hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?
Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?
Or are they different places?
Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of
Dunbartonshire.
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:48:40 +0000, John Armstrong
<jja@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
<hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?
Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?
Or are they different places?
Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of >>Dunbartonshire.
Thanks very much.
It seems that both spellings are used, so it is rather confusing.
On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:49:52 +0200, Steve Hayes
<hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:48:40 +0000, John Armstrong
<jja@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
<hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:
Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?
Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?
Or are they different places?
Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of >>>Dunbartonshire.
Thanks very much.
It seems that both spellings are used, so it is rather confusing.
I would have thought it prevented confusion. One spelling for the
town, and another for the county.
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