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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#20157) Viking -> Norse
From: "Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:45:07 -0700
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<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=20157 >

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Daniel Markstedt wrote:
> I suggest our "Viking" nation is renamed "Norse" - Vikings were 'only' the
> seafarer/trader/warrior class of Norse society, so it's really a misnomer.
> Thoughts?

I am against this change. Viking is much more well known, and lots of 
people have no idea what 'norse' is. I couldn't even find it on 
www.dictionary.com

Compare for example the wikipedia pages on the two, or see their 
respective number of google hits ;)

   - Per





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