I have not been able to rationalize what difference would be made by spelling the name of the state with different English letters which cannot reproduce the Assamese sound anyway.
What is important as far as the future is concerned is the historical name recognition of unique product like Assam tea. Why should we waste our time and energy with completely unproductive issue like english spelling of Assam. Useless politicians love such useless endevors. Barada sarma Matiur Rahman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did not quite understand why we need to change the name of our birth state Assam to Asom. It is already there since its inception, in Assamese language we write Asom always and in international language we write Assam. Note that Assam is an internationally recognized trade name. (Assam Tea, Assam's one horn Rino etc.). In Assam: We are Asomiya, `Asom Bani' (Assamese News Weekly) Internationally: We are known as Assamese. `The Assam Tribune'. (The English Language daily Newspaper). It exists for more than a century. These words are already used since the last many years. Matiur Rahman ====================== http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/2839
