[Assam] Lekhiboloi vs. Likhiboloi

[Chan Mahanta]

>But for the net, I won't judge anyone and that too, so harshly :) if 
>they write >"desh", "des" or "dex" even if I am comfortable with 
>writing it as "dex".


*** Context again Alpana! Context!







At 1:45 PM -0600 3/13/06, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>what ?? Am I tangled with the big people now? Well, I will follow 
>their rule when I write a paper for the Assam Sahitya Sabha (forgive 
>me if that is not the way to write in English letters) in Roman 
>letters, or write a policy for the Assam (or Asam or Asom or Osom or 
>Axom or Oxom) government.
>
>But for the net, I won't judge anyone and that too, so harshly :) if 
>they write "desh", "des" or "dex" even if I am comfortable with 
>writing it as "dex".
>
>  >Can we ram it  down the throats of Assamese and non Assamese and 
>force them to >pronounce the S like Assamese XO?
>  >Or can we discuss any rationales in the net?
>
>If these were your words or questions, yes, we can discuss "any 
>rationales" on the net, and write it right in roman scripts when we 
>write a literary piece, but not "ram it down the throats" of the 
>non-Assamese when we try to make them understand the word - they 
>will get the pronounciation wrong but at least will get the drift, 
>instead of saying 'huh'! .
>
>Most importantly, as long as we don't get personal and not go on 
>accusing and advising in an unwarranted way, we can discuss as 
>adults without trying to show off.
>Again, nothing personal, but I do get tired whenever there is 
>a  'holier than thou' attitude floats on this net. Ignoring it 
>doesn't help always.
>
>
>From: "Rajen Barua" <barua25 at hotmail.com>
>To: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" 
><absarangapani at hotmail.com>,<assamrs at gmail.com>,<dilipdeka at yahoo.com>,<cmahanta at charter.net>
>CC: <assamnet at yahoogroups.com>,<assam at assamnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [Assam] Lekhiboloi vs. Likhiboloi
>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:35:02 -0600
>
>Well Alpana:
>Your problem is solved if you had been looking for an authority to approve.
>Mr Chandra Prasad Saikia, Ex President of Sahitya Sabha has already 
>approved the letter S for Assamese XO sound.
>Assam government also approved it.
>So on that authirity you can safely write S for Assamesee XO sound.
>For (O+DontiyoXO+MO) you can write ASOM.
>
>But can we ask the simple question back.
>Are we going to be forced to use the S sound Assamese XO sound.
>Can we ram it  down the throats of Assamese and non Assamese and 
>force them to pronounce the S like Assamese XO?
>Or can we discuss any rationales in the net?
>Or shall we say, I am sorry, the decision has been made by the 
>authority, and you will have to use S.
>For OXOM you will have to write ASOM.
>Is that it?
>Barua
>
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