Henrik Sornn-Friese

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Henrik Sornn-Friese

Henrik Sornn-Friese

@hsfino

København, Hovedstaden Katılım Ağustos 2011
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Henrik Sornn-Friese
Henrik Sornn-Friese@hsfino·
Exciting to see the launch of this collaborative initiative to connect the locations of Shanghai and Los Angeles in a new trans-Pacific “Green Shipping Corridor”, in partnership between C40 Cities, frontrunner ports and leading shipping companies smartcitiesworld.net/logistics/logi…
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Henrik Sornn-Friese
Henrik Sornn-Friese@hsfino·
@petergklein The -by in English town names has Norse origin (the Vikings) and Danish pronunciation is closer to “bij” than “boo”
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Peter G. Klein
Peter G. Klein@petergklein·
I know the point of this is to poke fun at the rubes but it is common for words (especially place names) to change pronunciation as they move across borders. An example is English towns ending in -by which is pronounced "boo" in Danish.
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Henrik Sornn-Friese
Henrik Sornn-Friese@hsfino·
Nuclear powered propulsion would dramatically reduce the need for ships, since ships would go much faster and since there would much less need for carrying energy cargo splash247.com
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