At least our cities -- written in Devnagari or English or local script -- pronounce almost the same as the colloquial usage -- but visit England --
STREATHAM is pronounced STRATHAM BERKSHIRE is pronounced BARKSHIRE WORCHESTERSHIRE is pronounced WOOSTER ...... ETC Aloysius D'Souza ----- Original Message ----- From: Vivian D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: [Goanet]Names of cities in India - Panjim or Panaji > If you think we have a problem with Mapusa or Mhapsa > or Panjim vs Panaji, which are phonetically similar, > try visiting South India as I recently did. > > Did you know that..... > > Ootacamund (Ooty)'s official name is UDAGAMANDALAM > > Trivandrum's is THIRUVANANTHAPURAM > > Allepey's is ALAPPUZHA > > Cochin's is Kochi > > I can live with Kochi instead of Cochin, but some of > the other names I cannot spell, let alone pronounce. > I dont know who is hell bent on changing the names of > places. I pity the guys working for the post office, > having to keep up with all these name changes. > > At a party I attended, this was a topic of discussion, > and some wag suggested that Goa's name might some day > be changed to " GUHA" or "GU KHA". > > Vivian > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
