From: PointedEars@web.de   
      
   Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   > On 01/24/2026 11:49 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
   >> Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>> Yeah, in the time of Galileo and DesCartes, [...]   
   >>   
   >> The correct spelling of his original, French family name is _Descartes_.   
   >> ("Des" is NOT part of a title of nobility or origin, that would be "de"   
   >> ["of"], and only then the reference would usually be starting with an   
   >> uppercase letter.)   
   >   
   > Why, he's a Poitevin, ....   
      
   While probably true (his place of birth lies in the region that belonged to   
   the historical province of Poitou, and it can be assumed that he spoke   
   Poitevin, a dialect of Poitevin–Saintongeais, a regional French dialect), it   
   is also irrelevant.   
      
   At the time of his birth, his place of birth was called La Haye-en-Touraine.   
    "The town was renamed /La Haye-Descartes/ in 1802 in his honour, and then   
   renamed again /Descartes/ in 1967."   
      
      
      
   So there is no reason at all to spell his name "DesCartes".   
      
   > I'm not insane.   
      
   Reactions like this show that you are.   
      
   > Also I spell "Leibnitz" with a 't' and say it "leeb-nitz".   
      
   His name is usually spelled _Leibniz_, though, and pronounced differently   
   (more like "Laibnits"; there is no equivalent for the German dipthong "ei"   
   in English).   
      
      
      
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