A City Gives up a Spelling Convention | European Journal

Since the beginning of the year the Danish city of Århus has become Aarhus. The move has angered many residents.An opinion poll showed 57 percent of the 300,000 population is against the change. But the mayor of Aarhus only sees advantages. He says it makes the city easier to look up on the internet. He also argues that in Denmark, double A comes right at the beginning of the alphabet, while the circle above the A puts it right at the end. What’s more, the city was known as Aarhus for centuries. The circle above the A was only introduced as part of a Danish spelling reform in 1948.