On Monday 13 Nov 2006 4:32 pm, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote: > so how does bendakal become bengal? why not call it bendakalooru?
Two opinions (my own) on this: 1) The baked beans story is all bullshit or 2) In colloquial lingo some syllables are "swallowed" and become silent. For example a popular snack of a spicy mix of nuts and dal lightly fried in a pan is called "hurigaalu" though the actual description would be "hurida-kaalu" shiv
