Cecil Moore wrote:

Dave wrote:
"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
"(sic)" signifies an exact reproduction of
the original text - and it was.

yeah, but its usually only used to flag an error in the original text so
that readers know that the person quoting it did not introduce the error.

Nothing said about any "error" in the definition of "(sic)".
The use was entirely appropriate for a largely US audience.

Such an assumption...

I would like to remind the vaguely English speaking US audience that
there are more people outside the US that speaks English as their first or
second language - most of whom have a rather good idea of the world as
well.
Also, most of them actually knows that Switzerlands capital is, not
Stockholm...

Cheers

M0DFI