Talk:Otto of Nordheim

Spelling

The correct name of the town, the county and the counts is Northeim -- with a "t". Why was all this redirected to Nordheim -- with a "d" -- which is a totally different place?Cosal 16:24, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

It's the common English spelling in order to avoid mispronunciation with a "th" sound. Nordheim was the former German spelling, too. Chl 16:52, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Are there any sources for the claim that this was the former German spelling too? The disambiguation page Nordheim has that too, and while it certainly is a common thing for place names to change their spellings throughout history, I cannot find any evidence of this on the German Wikipedia or in any of the sources.

I personally find it very confusing that this gentleman should thus be connected to a bunch of towns by the name of Nordheim that he had nothing to do with whatsoever, while the correct spelling of his name would immediately connect him to the correct town.

Avoiding the "th" sound by using a different spelling is a noble intent I am sure, but coming up with a different spelling for names just to get the pronounciation right, causing a bunch of confusion otherwise, doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Are you maybe also going to drop the h from Rothenburg to avoid the th sound and send all American tourists to Rotenburg (which I am sure is a nice town too)? --217.239.6.161 (talk) 13:54, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

P.S. The fact that there are at least four places by the name of Nordheim located in Bavaria, none of which this Duke of Bavaria is connected to, while the correct town of Northeim is located way up north in Lower Saxony is certainly not going to help in reducing the confusion created by spelling his name with a d. --217.239.6.161 (talk) 15:22, 15 November 2019 (UTC)