Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 18:18:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Bram Dov Abramson <bram-AT-tao.ca> Subject: gandee > From: "Hock, Zarina" <ZHock-AT-ncte.org> > Given that Mohandas K. Gandhi was surely one of the greatest figures in > human history, why is it that the name GANDHI is rarely spelled correctly > in the West ? (Leela Gandhi is the Mahatma's great-granddaughter, and even > if she weren't, the name, a common one in Gujarat, is always spelled the way > it is in this message). AltaVista Search Service Ask AltaVistaTM a question. Or enter a few words in [English.....] gandhi_____________________________________________ AltaVista found 50490 Web pages for you. Ask AltaVistaTM a question. Or enter a few words in [English.....] ghandi____________________________________________ AltaVista found 8368 Web pages for you. Ask AltaVistaTM a question. Or enter a few words in [English.....] gandi_____________________________________________ AltaVista found 817 Web pages for you. total occurrences in English for 25 May 1999 Gandhi: 50490 occurrences Ghandi+Gandi: 9185 occurrences possible conclusions in English gandhi is predominant; ghandi and gandi are rare. in English gandhi is not predominant, but Internet content producers are vastly superior spellers than the non-Internet-using majority altavista adjusts to make written English seem more Gandhi-aware than it truly is. Bram (unable to resist) --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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