Re: A history question for everyone

• From: tak_seorangpun
• Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:05:32 -0800
• Message-ID: <000T6RP0C.001G310C0.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

ZAMM_Phaedrus writes:

"Several websites do
refer to Christiana, and Google
 returns way too
many hits for "Queen Christiana Sweden"
 for it to
not be reasonable usage.

 See:

<a href=http://culture.coe.fr/welcome/eng/ecop91.4.html target=new>http://culture.coe.fr/welcome/eng/ecop91.4.html</a>

<a href=http://www.hoocher.com/Philosophy/17thcentury.htm target=new>http://www.hoocher.com/Philosophy/17thcentury.htm</a>

<a href=http://www.unb.ca/web/units/psych/likely/headlines/C1650_99.htm#Christiana target=new>http://www.unb.ca/web/units/psych/likely/headlines/C1650_99.htm#Christiana</a>

<a href=http://www.probert-encyclopaedia.com/C1.HTM target=new>http://www.probert-encyclopaedia.com/C1.HTM</a>

 I assume I don't need to keep going.
"

This example illustrates one of the perils of using
the Web for looking up information. A Google search
on Friedrich Nietzche will turn up thousands of hits
(see <a href=http://www.google.com/search?q=friedrich+nietzche target=new>http://www.google.com/search?q=friedrich+nietzche</a>
), but the spelling is still wrong.

I don't
know of any particular reason to rely on the four web
pages that refer to "Queen Christiana of Sweden", but I
do consider the Encyclopaedia Britannica to be
trustworthy. (It also has never heard of "Nietzche" -- if
you're a subscriber, see
<a href=http://www.eb.com:180/bol/search?query=Nietzche target=new>http://www.eb.com:180/bol/search?query=Nietzche</a> )