On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:45:23 -0800 (PST), Zoe
<zoecomnena(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
The location of the river is one factor in determining what we should
call it in English, but not the only factor. We know the name in
Polish, and the name in German, but the question of what the name
"really" is in English seems to be primarily a question of common
usage.
It seems like this river is not widely talked about in English at all
(based on my web searches), so it probably doesn't matter a great deal
either way. :-)
I've only heard of it as Oder (Crossword clue: River in Europe)
--
Richard Grevers