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Default Terrorists Strike In Indian City (Formerly Known As Bombay)

€śTerrorists Strike in Indian City€ť


"That was the rather long and uninformative headline a few days ago in

the local newspaper. They couldnt say €śTerrorists Strike in Mumbai€ť
because few of the local rags the readers know in what country
€śMumbai€ť is. Readers have heard of €śBombay.€ť Theyve eaten at
Bombay Bicycle Club restaurants and theyve bought end tables from
Bombay Co. Furniture stores, so they mostly know Bombay is a city in
India. But, Mumbai they dont know from Kolkata or Chennai. So, the
headline writer has to refer to €śIndian City€ť because the
English-language media recently stopped using the place name that has been
used in English for centuries.

The effect, of course, is what normally happens when names are changed.
The Name Game just makes most people more ignorant (while giving a few
people another reason to self-congratulate over their superior
sensitivity). Older Americans who grew up hearing about Bombay cant
understand todays news; and younger Americans who are growing up
hearing about Mumbai wont be able to understand all the books in the
library that refer to Bombay.

Fortunately, theres a double standard that prevents the media from
junking Anglicized spellings of places in the white world. Were in no
danger that €śFlorence€ť or €śGermany€ť will disappear from the AP
stylebook to be replaced by baffling references to €śFirenze€ť and
€śDeutschland.€ť

http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2008/...n-indian-city/

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