Talk:Palermo

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Rfv-sense (Dutch, Proper noun) A place that is organisationally flawed, making it an unpleasant place. Dutch Wikipedia has a page concerning "Palermo's of the world", but I think that is just a metaphor. SemperBlotto 22:22, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

• NOTE: Rfv tag removed by User:Mallerd. Tag reinstated. User blocked. SemperBlotto 12:23, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

I've read some of the articles in the google link provided by Mallerd and my conclusion agrees with that of Semper's. Palermo aan de Maas is simply a metaphor that alludes to the increasing corruption in Maastricht. Many cities in the world that have trademark qualities can be used as metaphors. A good example is Shanghai, which is often titled Paris of the Orient. Jamesjiao → ^{T ◊ C} 23:26, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I was thinking of St Petersburg as the "Venice of the north". SemperBlotto 08:38, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

I find it hard to believe. I checked the Dikke Van Dale as well as the WNT online[1], but none of them have the entry "Palermo," whereas Van Dale has over 250,000 entries (and actually does have an entry "Palermitaans," meaning "of, from Palermo") and WNT is the largest dictionary in the world, containing almost 50,000 pages. Wouldn't "Palermo" be in these dictionaries if it had the alternative meaning of "unpleasant place?" Caudex Rax 13:02, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Sense removed as RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 08:26, 11 August 2011 (UTC)