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unusual facts about regional variations



Astra 2D

The BBC broadcast all of its domestic television channels (including BBC HD and the regional variations) from the Astra 2D satellite, except the BBC News Channel and BBC Parliament which broadcast from Astra 2A.

ITV also broadcast all its television channels (including regional variations of ITV1, and STV and UTV) from the Astra 2D satellite.

Gothic art

Regional variations of architecture remained important, even when, by the late 14th century, a coherent universal style known as International Gothic had evolved, which continued until the late 15th century, and beyond in many areas.


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Direct-broadcast satellite

The United Kingdom has approximately 160 digital channels (including the regional variations of BBC channels, ITV channels, Channel 4 and Channel 5) are broadcast without encryption from the Astra 28.2°E satellite constellation, and receivable on any DVB-S-compliant receiver (a DVB-S2 receiver is required for certain HDTV services).

Hufner

As a result of regional variations in pronunciation of the surname Huber, other surnames have developed including Huemer, Humer, Haumer, Huebmer and Hueber.

MaDonal

Sociologist George Ritzer sees MaDonal as part of a trend of other countries developing their own regional variations of McDonald’s.

Swimmer One

The song But My Heart Is Broken from Swimmer One's album The Regional Variations featured in the 2009 film Spread starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche and directed by David Mackenzie.

Wooden synagogues of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Architectural historian Rachel Wischnitzer has traced regional variations in wooden synagogue style.