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30 Jul 2024 02:20:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Gancaloon: old city  
From: nemesis
Date: 20 Mar 2013 22:00:01
Message: <web.514a6905729bb489c0b2e0990@news.povray.org>
this keeps getting better and better. :)

Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> On 20-3-2013 15:06, Stephen wrote:
> >
> > It is looking good, especially for an "old" town. ;-)
> >
> > BTW How should we pronounce Gancaloon?
> >
> >
>
> I am well satisfied by the result indeed. 2300 houses were built in
> record time and shelter now a large part of the citizen. I shall add
> some palm trees here and there.
>
> According to my /historical overview/ ;-)  the pronunciation should be:
>
> [quote]
> The name and pronunciation of the city was originally /Gang-alone/ but
> influence of foreign traders changed the pronunciation into /Gang-kaloon/.
> [/quote]

oh, perhaps an old city inhabitted by british then taken by greeks? ;)


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