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acroyearaside from the greeks first and the host country last (which i think the greeks will be last anyways, but i missed the beginning), the nations process in alphabetical order, using the alphabet of the host nation.
normally, with western countries, that's meant something darn close to the american spellings, with a few exceptions (like we come in on "e" as "estates" in french).
however, with the greek alphabet, C and K are both K, and I and J are both I, so the alphabetical ordering really gets screwy, were cambodia and camaroon are among kamchatca, and Jordan and India are next to each other.
just thought it was interestings...
update question -- montreal hosted the games once, right? when they processed, did they use the french or the english spellings of the nations?
normally, with western countries, that's meant something darn close to the american spellings, with a few exceptions (like we come in on "e" as "estates" in french).
however, with the greek alphabet, C and K are both K, and I and J are both I, so the alphabetical ordering really gets screwy, were cambodia and camaroon are among kamchatca, and Jordan and India are next to each other.
just thought it was interestings...
update question -- montreal hosted the games once, right? when they processed, did they use the french or the english spellings of the nations?
