Mattarigna
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Seeing how this dispute often explodes on other threads whenever the island's fourth biggest city is mentioned, I've decided to open this thread here for the purpose of providing a forum for this argument, so that it doesn't derail other threads.
BTW, I call it Derry, and I think that Lodonderry is a colonial-era name, like Queenstown for Cobh in Co. Cork or King's & Queen's counties for Co. Offaly and Co. Laois, which should have no place in the modern world. It is also a disaster for marketing the city by adding unneeded confusion for foreign tourists, and the vast majority of people in the city and on this island call it "Derry". They are as good as reasons as any to drop the first six letters in Stroke City's official name, IMO.
BTW, I call it Derry, and I think that Lodonderry is a colonial-era name, like Queenstown for Cobh in Co. Cork or King's & Queen's counties for Co. Offaly and Co. Laois, which should have no place in the modern world. It is also a disaster for marketing the city by adding unneeded confusion for foreign tourists, and the vast majority of people in the city and on this island call it "Derry". They are as good as reasons as any to drop the first six letters in Stroke City's official name, IMO.