Quoting Michael Everson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> At 06:55 -0700 2004-07-09, Mark Davis wrote:
> >Of course, that's true about Köln. My point was that after all this time,
> >the use of Dvorak or Tchaikovsky are *now* the English names for what
> >originated in a different language.
> 
> I don't agree that Dvorak is "the English name" 
> for the composer. But I don't agree that "façade" 
> is correctly spelled in English without the ç 
> either.

Yes, Dvorak is the name of the American branch of the family; after they changed
the spelling of their name. It's not even pronounced the same. They have a
famous typewriter keyboard inventor in their line, but no famous composers.

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Jon Hanna
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