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I have a pending request to people
who use the spelling ASOM, the request was posted in the net before. I propose
to post the request till I get a response.
The request is this:
Would the people who use the
spelling ASOM would kindly clarify whether they are using the word ASOM in
place of the word ASSAM which is the official name of our state in English
as dictated by the Constitution of India. The Assam State Govt has not
changed this name yet. If they are using ASOM in place of ASSAM, then I
would say that this is not legal, and would be a violation of the Constitution
of India.
On the other hand if they are
using the word ASOM for the Assamese word OXOM, (with the guttural Assamese X
sound) then I would say, that will be a wrong usage since nobody in the
world would pronounce the SO in ASOM as Assamese Guttural 'kh' sound. That
will be a mis representation of the Assamese language, and in fact that will
eventually kill the guttural 'kh' sound from the Assamese word like it already
killed this 'kh' sound in words like 'Saikia', 'Sarma', 'Sibasagar' etc.
And if no Indian would pronounce the word OXOM correctly with the ASOM
spelling, why then we are trying to force everybody to pronounce OXOM by writing
ASOM without clarifying exactly what we
are trying to do.and thus trying to kill the Assamese sound in the
Assamese word?
Would the ASOM -walas come forward
from their closet respond to my standing request please.
Or is it a Assamese Hobo Diok
type demand?
Sorry if I have spoiled somebody's
mood, but I think we as Assamese must know exactly what we are trying to
do.
Rajen Barua
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