Subject: Re: Fwd: Palindromic placenames - Ø
Date: Feb 16, 2003 @ 13:51
Author: Francisco <xuax@netvisao.pt> ("Francisco <xuax@...>" <xuax@...>)
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Jesper wrote:
> Here is an old map from Ø.
Ok, but in the map it seems to be Ö. The Ø is perhaps the equivalent
modern spelling, isn't it?

> Now a days they seem to call it Øby.
"By" means "town", isn't it?

> We have one in Denmark, at the shortest one in the world too.
Yes, but not the only one. At
http://www.nwlink.com/~dtilque/palplaces/index.html
Dan listed also Å in Fyn, Danmark, and several Å in Sweden

Francisco,
Portugal