Not meant to be condescending but surprised by his argument, thus the question. And no, I am not familiar with who he (aterpster) is and quite frankly it doesn't matter to me as I think his argument is wrong (not the person) - and the argument should be jusged independent of the person based on facts (I am a scientist after all). He could be Delanoe or Bloomberg for that matter...
Paris with a New York accent? Paris goes back to the Romans, has churches going back to 1200 DC or earlier, not to mention the Louvre (we have the Metropolitan but that is not in a former royal palace). But I agree, that this is not worth arguing over (and I love Paris btw). So - enlighten me, always eager to learn. And I don't want to distract the thread from the real issue.