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by hurfdurf 208 days ago
The Habsburg Family never used a different writing system, though.
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They did use a different language with different pronunciation rules, though. I'm not convinced that sticking with the original spelling is obviously better. Bibis’s first name certainly doesn't accurately transliterate to Benjamin, and that's probably fine.
They use the name "Habsburg". Who is the NYT to tell them they are in fact not "Habsburg"?
I don't think the NYT is telling them that.
But I bet they used the metric system!
Probably, but only since the 19th century ;)