From: charlesellson@btinternet.com   
      
   On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:31:54 +0000, John Armstrong   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:49:52 +0200, Steve Hayes   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:48:40 +0000, John Armstrong   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Or are they different places?   
   >>>   
   >>>Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of   
   >>>Dunbartonshire.   
   >>   
   >>Thanks very much.   
   >>   
   >>It seems that both spellings are used, so it is rather confusing.   
   >   
   >I would have thought it prevented confusion.  One spelling for the   
   >town, and another for the county.   
   >   
   "shire" on the end indicates the latter.   
      
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