Talk:Haute-Savoie

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"Haute" Savoie
I have added a request for citation where the text mentions that the department is so named due to the high nature of the terrain. I suspect this is wrong, and a translation of Upper, rather than High for Haute is more appropriate. Given that the department Savoie contains more geographically elevated terrain than Haute-Savoie, it would therefore be more appropriate to call Savoie, Haute-Savoie. Any further comments or reference would be appreciated Sarahburge (talk) 14:51, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree. The translation should be Upper Savoy, not Higher Savoy. See, for example, Free Zones of Upper Savoy and District of Gex Case (France v. Switzerland) (1932) P.C.I.J., Ser. A/B, No. 46.
 * CNRTL gives:
 * 4. ... a) Domaine géographique, dans des syntagmes ... ♦ P. anal. [Suivi d'un nom de pays ou d'une région bordant la mer] La partie la plus éloignée de la mer, ou la plus reculée (et parfois montagneuse). La haute Normandie, le haut pays breton. Tous ceux qui avaient pris à cœur le plébiscite de Haute-Silésie s'étaient cru, par leur passion même, naturalisés Hauts Silésiens et étaient partis là-bas (Giraudoux, Siegfried et Lim., 1922, p. 199). Il sortit nuitamment de la ville et alla avec le reste de ses troupes fourrager en Haute Égypte (Grousset, Croisades, 1939, p. 200).
 * There is the same sense in English: Upper can either be the more elevated or the more interior part of a geographic area.
 * It is acceptable in English to use Haute-Savoie: Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, French to English gives "(département) la Haute-Savoie = Haute-Savoie".
 * Otherthinker (talk) 11:07, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

It is wrong to brook this wiki page heading as "Haute-Savoie". The right wording would be the known English exynom "Upper Savoy". The aforesaid is in keeping with other nearby English exynoms/overnames such as "Upper Wallis" or "Upper Vallis". It is misleading to cherrypick by dint of an online dictionary "Haut-Savoie" at the expense of the far more known, brooked and official exynom "Upper Savoy". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.5.84.89 (talk) 16:10, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Emmental cheese
The link in the agriculture section goes to the town of Emmental and not the emmentaler cheese article here 

Problem is, I don't know how to do the html mumbo-jumbo to proper standards. I just fix typos and grammar when I see agggregious ones. DirtPriest (talk) 04:56, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
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