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Re: Sienna, Tuscany, Italy Posted on: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:37:18 +0100

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:44:55 -0500, paradiselost@webtv.net (Poetic
Justice) wrote:

>Deeply Filled Mortician wrote:
>
>>Note that Siena has only one 'n'. It seems
>>a really common mistake people make,
>>possibly coz it looks like Vienna or
>>something.
>
> I think for people from No. America it's possibly from the ad campaign
>(esp TV) for this popular minivan that has been around since '98.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sienna
>Regards, Walter

Not only that, there's a color called "sienna" which, according to my
dictionary, derives from "terra di Sienna" from the Italian. However,
the same dictionary spells the city with one "n".

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