On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:56:58 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 12:10 +0100, Steve Doerr wrote:
On 12/04/2011 11:47, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> As to where I am:
>
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=11.414703&lon=76.692275&zoom=18&layers=M
>
>
I see you have a place near you named 'JSS Naturapathy and Yoga
Hospital'. The usual word is 'naturopathy': 'naturapathy' sounds
like
something quite different!
same thing - that's the way they spelt it on the board. Anyway it is
now
closed and sold (and when the new owner removes the board this will
go).
Indian spelling (in our languages) is phonetic - this tends to
reflect
in the English on signboards. There is the famous case of Hamilton
bridge in Chennai. The Tamil rendering was Ambaltan bridge - which
over
the course of time became Ambattan bridge and since 'Ambattan' in
Tamil
is a barber, it is now known as Barbers bridge.
Anyway you would be glad to know that google has spelt Naturopathy
correctly ;-)
Tag what is on the ground! If I could just remember where I went on a
business trip somewhere in North London 15 jears ago, I could tag a road
as "duel carriageway".
I kid you not. It was written like that.
Maarten
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