On 01/12/2011 17:08, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
Joseph Testagrose wrote:

Short Stirling, not sterling, named for the city in Scotland.



Yes, my money's on that.

;-)

When I was in Scotland, many, many years ago, my Glaswegian host told me
that when a new stretch of road had been opened locally, gantry signs
had similarly misspelt the city's name as "Sterling". Red faces all
round and a hurried replacement of said sign.

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