Until 1957 Ö was used on topographic maps, to make
sure the line in the Ø was not confused as part of the map items.
Yes by is town, and Ø is island, as shown on the
attached map, the place is a river island.
And if somebody here likes boundaries, you can see
a municipal boundary there between Bjerringbro and Tjele.
Jesper
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 2:51
PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Fwd:
Palindromic placenames - Ø
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
Your
use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.