Oh dear! I too have been guilty of these "mis-spellings", for in an article I referred to Jawaharlal Nehru as PUNDIT and not PANDIT. I was duly slapped across the face and offered my apologies, never having intended it as an insult and especially since in several old writings, the man is referred to as PUNDIT Nehru. Language is a conundrum indeed. I am called & written to as Barbara by one who cannot pronounce or perhaps remember my name - Saundra, Sandarah, Saandra, Sandra - etc. All smiles here folks :`))) Sandra P.S. But no you are right - for an editor should have been consistent! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] NOT Ghandi, for God's sake, it's GANDHI ... I said SPELL (in writing). Orally reproducing it is a different proposition, I agree. I have no problem if somebody mispronounces a name. Sometimes it's really difficult - my own given name is very hard for some people. But what about a written word? Moreover, when in the body of that article the word is correctly spelt Gandhi throughout, wasn't it the editor's duty to see it was also accurately spelt in the heading? -- Harshawardhan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vanya Orr" This is very difficult Harsh.. I have lived in India for 16 years & still get confused with where the "H"s go.. its a non sound so has no hooks for foreigners to pick up on.. I am sure there are English words which you have to think about twice... as there are for me.. a little intemperate of you? > [Just one thing; I don't think very highly of those who cannot even > spell a proper noun - a FAMOUS name at that - properly! > Ghandi, indeed! The editor who made this mistake should be thoroughly > ashamed of himself/herself. How can anyone make such a silly mistake > in this age and era?] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message