Re: Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2008

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

On 3/24/07, Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 07:04 -0700, Elliot Lee wrote:
> > Baris Cicek wrote:
> >
> > > I'll talk w/ our local GUG about if we can organize to host GUADEC next year in Istanbul.
> >
> > Not Constantinople?
> It was called Constantinople ages ago, afaik, but however you call it,
> as long as we point same land place, some languages still uses
> Constantinople name I guess. Though officially this city is called
> Istanbul as one of most beautiful cities in the World. (even though lots
> of corruption due to migration).

I believe Elliot was making a reference to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Not_Constantinople

Moral of the story: always footnote your non-cross-cultural jokes ;)

Luis