SH> the United States.:-)  As for the spelling of "Bern" in
the name of the
 SH> Convention, we can either blame that on the English or on the French but
 SH> it has stuck --117 years and counting.:-)

   Well, googlefight seems to support what you say, but it's still the
wrong spelling of the capital of Switzerland. Maybe the US never realized
that the convention was named after the city of Bern? :)

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Number of results on Google for the keywords Bern Convention and Berne Convention:

Bern Convention (96 400 results) vs. Berne Convention (183 00 results)

The winner is:    Berne Convention


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