Not really British Raj, but well, since they were in Goa, India, around the same time, I thought of sharing this news of the downfall of the once-mighty Portuguese with you. :-) ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India As spelling changes, Portugal feels the empire striking back LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portugal's former empire is striking back - through language. As Brazil rises on the international stage and its one-time colonial master wanes, a proposed standardization of the Portuguese language would require hundreds of words to be spelled the Brazilian way. The Portuguese government approves, but some here are mortified. [snip] http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hzaNVZFXuPcnLm-mMOA251aYDO_gD909LCRG0