Dear Gil, As you could imagine, I'm no expert in all these scripts! It's just a (political) point I'm trying to make -- that languages can live together, and be a means of communication and building understanding rather than divisions :-)
My short answer: the best answer is to just ask someone who uses these scripts to compose your name for you, and email it back to you. Then, cut-and-paste it into Gmail, as easy as all that. Of course, take care to send them your name as it should be pronounced, rather than as it is spelt. English (and, more so, Portuguese-derived) names are notorious for being pronounced differently from the way they're spelt. So, I would send across my surname as Noronya rather than Noronha (pls correct me if wrong). The Arabic name was rendered by a lady from Lebanon, if I recall right, and there are lots of friends who can do Devanagari. If you need your's in these scripts, do send me the spellings offlist (privately) and I'll work on it. A caution: it doesn't render well in every case ... but still, worth it. FN PS: According to Peter Nazareth (the editor of the anthology Modern Goan Writing: Pivoting on the Point of Return, if I'm not misquoting him), Goans have written literature in 13 different languages. He also believes we are a tiny population, but tend to be "cultural brokers" whichever part of the globe we might be in.... FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org On 27 September 2011 07:03, Gil Rebelo <rebelo....@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Frederick, > > Can you please inform me how to write my name in devnagri script next to my > name? I noticed that now you have added also in arabic, very interesting and > unusual.