Re: EBU White book 2004

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 (Frances Hinden) wrote in message
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> > > David Stevenson <bridge2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > <SNIP>
> > > 
> > > >   For example, suppose the South Mumbai and District Champion****p
Pairs
> > > > finishes in a tie.  Hopefully they have a tie-splitting procedure.
 But
> > > > suppose they do not?  Bloodshed might be avoided if the South
Mumbai and
> > > > District Bridge and Chess Association had previously said that the
EBU
> > > > White book applies if the SMDBCA has not issued any other
regulation:
> > > > now you just look up tie-splitting in the White book.
> > > 
> > > Why can't you write 'Bombay' like a human being, instead of the - to
a
> > > non-native of India - preposterous affectation of 'Mumbai'?
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> > For the same reason we write Beijing.
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> Who, pray, is the 'we' here?

Pretty much everyone who knows what the names of these places are.