Talk:Berne

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Contents 1 Berne or Bern? 2 Capital 3 Spelling consistency 4 List cleanup 5 Bern vs. Berne

[edit] Berne or Bern?

see Talk:Canton of Bern -User:Docu

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[edit] Capital

On de:Diskussion:Schweiz is a discussion documented, which declares, that Bern is not the capital of Switzerland but the "Bundesstadt" which has a different meaning, but is in fact nearly the same. --193.134.254.115 08:52, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

"Bundesstadt" translates to "Federal City". The Swiss "Federal (Supreme) Court" is located in Lausanne, Canton of Vaud. That seperation of the legislative city (Bern) from the judical supreme court city (Lausanne) is probably the reason that Bern is not considered the "capital" of Switzerland. However, most of the Federal offices are located in Bern. The problem with not recognizing Bern as the capital is probably related to Switzerland being originally a Confederation until 1848 with equally sovereign state members -- none supreme to the others in any way. Now it is functionally a Federation, but retaining the name "Confederation." --TGC55 12:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling consistency

Without wanting to appear pedantic, there are a few issues in this article with regar to spelling consistency: theatre, for instance, is used in both its US and UK variant. Judging from the use of movie theater for cinema and from Berne's English name rendered as rhotic [ˈbɝːn], I suspect the initial target was American English. I therefore suggest modifying the few British variants into their American counterparts. JREL 21:52, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List cleanup

The lists in this article must be cleaned up. Right now the article looks more like a tourist brochure than a encyclopedic article. /Grillo 13:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bern vs. Berne

Can/will someone please, explain, and/or add, to this article regarding these two spelling forms of the city? I also am conerned with the Bern Trial vs. the Bern Trial.

Thanks, Ludvikus 07:58, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Essentially, Bern is the locally used (High) German form, while Berne is the French and traditional English form. Our usage is inconsistent, and I'm thinking of setting up a RfC about it. Sandstein 21:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, done, please see Talk:Canton_of_Berne#Spelling_request_for_comment. Sandstein 22:02, 23 November 2006 (UTC)