On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:45:23 -0800 (PST), Zoe zoecomnena@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)