Talk:Vic

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Is the fact that fuet is "delicious with Pa amb tomàquet" really encyclopedic? -- Jmabel 01:15, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

No, I've deleted this. Llull 17:27, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

To Jmabel. I wanted to put that bull is a typical type of sausage from Vic but investigating, I've discovered that isn't more typical than from other sites. Llull 17:27, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Recent deletion

The recently deleted material on pig farming was probably excessive, but it seems to me that simply deleting it was also excessive. For a region best known for its pork sausages, and where raising pigs is a major industry, discussion of that industry seems entirely appropriate. -- Jmabel | Talk 07:12, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)

Feel free to provide some copy. I don't know the reality of the situation re: pig farming and felt the editorial was so one-sided as to be unreliable as the sole guide. It sounds like you have more knowledge and could provide a more balanced view. But also we need more copy generally about Vic, otherwise the article is in danger of being more about pig farming than it is about Vic. And that was a primary motivaton for removing the large amount of text. Maybe pig farming needs its own article if there's so much to say? I've been to Vic a couple of times and, frankly, I didn't come away overwhelmed by pig farming. Sausages and other pork products are a small part of what the town has to offer. mjlodge 17:37, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Well, the article is not exactly a priority for me, but I assume that we can both agree that this constitutes a welcome for someone to come along and handle that topic, but in a more enncyclopedic manner than before. -- Jmabel | Talk 03:32, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vich?

Is Vic perhaps the Catalan equivalent of Spanish Vich (Latin Ausona, ?=Osona) ? Fastifex 20:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Are you asking etymologically? Probably so. Vic is the capital of Osona. - Jmabel | Talk 00:17, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

"Vich" is not really Spanish, but rather an old Catalan spelling. The current spelling rules of Catalan come from the Normes Ortogràfiques published by the Institute of Catalan Studies in the early 20th century and which were largely the work of Pompeu Fabra. This process of standardisation resulted in the elimination of etimological h's which were not sounded, both after consonants and between vowels. This is why names like "Vic", "Reixac", "Montjuïc" or "Maó" have lost their etimological h's in modern Catalan. Such h's are still retained in surnames, like "Blanch", "March" or "Bosch". The standardised forms of Catalan placenames didn't become official until the advent of democracy some 30 years ago. This is why some people wrongly assume that "Vich" is a Castilian Spanish spelling; during Francoist times Catalan writers would use "Vic" while the official name used in Spanish remained as "Vich". But the correct pronunciation was still /bik/, even in Spanish. Since the beginning of the 80s "Vic" is the only official spelling, regardless of language. Gelo 15:00, 6 May 2007 (UTC)