Renaming our cities-loosing international identity - Page 3

Originally posted by: raj5000

I know old but this topic comes in various conversations, by renaming Bombay to Mumbai

1. has costed the city it's global identity? no... unless the indians feel they have lost a phirangi name and are ashamed of it's hindu translation

2. Was it the right step? may not be.. but nothing wrong about it

3. What is right to change (city / Airport / railway ) 's name given by (YOU know who? ) ? yes those gori chamdi's identity should be removed from our names...now take off those shirt and pants and wear khaadi ka kurta and dhoti pl...😆

One radio host while mentioning this Mumbai/Bombay name change said - "Indian administration is really very thin skin to rename Bombay or other India cities", was it really that or we wanted more adoptability or the name for people living in those cities? Radio host went on giving an example how US never considered changing Boston / New York, where these cities name hold so much heritage. 😛

Any other thoughts on having a good 😃 debate / argueable discussion here.

BTW - Read this article for more details on Mumbai's name change https://www.slate.com/id/2145650/

@CPM: I should have stated most names we are attempting to changed is an Anglicized dimunitive. Secondly the history of 'Bom Bahia' and 'Mumba Aai' does not change the fact that Bombay is an anglicized dimunitive. The etymology of the dimunitive 'Bombay' has been debated by historians as to whether it adapted from the Portguese or local dialect.

Aani kite mhanta mugo. Tu ek goankar ani ek mumbaikar ak shikheta ki bom mhanjee kite, ani amche gavache nav kaun dile. Bare as mu go tu, ki bom as mu go tu have mhanka zai.

I am not against name changing. I just think it is a ridiculous process and there are better ways to preserve history and culture. Oh well as long as I dont have to comply.

@karandel: I am not sure who named French fries. French discredit it as theirs, while Belgians claim it to be their creation. French fries are served with moules frites and that is a dish Belgian in origin (even though French restaurants usually carry it), So the Belgian link is plausible. When my sister was in France a few years ago she said that pomme frites referred to thick cut fries while frites Amerique was French fries in many of the places.

My personal gastronomic theory is that french fries come from french cut fries like in french cut beans but the cut got lost in time.


Ah anyway while India changes their names away some people remain baffled. My poor grandma who was born and brought up in Udipi has had a hard time digesting and understanding why Bangalore is Bengaluru. She must be one of the old senile generation name changing people want to get rid off. Poor dear lady cannot even remember Bengaluru is the correct Kannada name. To think Kannada is her mother tongue.

I think I shall use the rest of my constructive life to get our state changed to Yesconsin. Maybe renaming Illinois to Illiniwek will be successful. There will be a distinctly Indian root to it.

As a hindu I feel it's important to know our history and to correct the wrongs that were done to our nation. If that means re naming places than that is a form of healing process for me.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

... pomme frites referred to thick cut fries while frites Amerique was French fries in many of the places.

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Ok, I finally asked a french guy and he told me that there are two types of Frites. Thicker ones are called just Frites and these are served in the restaurants (in France). In addition, there are some thinner ones that are served in McDonalds and are called Frites Amerique. There are also other varieties like you said: Pomme Frites etc(may be because they retain some shape of potato = pomme de terre).