Enclosing an article by Aasheesh Pittie that could be of interest in
this connection.
Regards
Amitava Misra
On 9/25/10, navjit singh <navjitz@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> What are Norms of Names ?
> Can we discuss this very interesting topic ?
> My request would be that the Mentors - Bill, Bikram, Sureshji,Sumit Sen, KB
> and all also participate !
> Regards- Navjit
>
> --- On Fri, 24/9/10, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@toroid.org> wrote:
>
>
> From: Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@toroid.org>
> Subject: Re: [OBPix] red avadavat, Hampi, Sep '10
> To: "navjit singh" <navjitz@yahoo.co.in>
> Date: Friday, 24 September, 2010, 2:42 AM
>
>
>> I misconstrued but surely Ahmedabad is a name of a city ?
>> Normally a region would be the norm ?
>
> Yes, toponyms are usually less specific (e.g. himalayensis, indicus,
> americanus, bengalensis, etc.). I don't know enough about how the name
> Amandava was assigned to comment in more detail. I can't think of any
> other city-based toponym offhand, but perhaps there are some. Avadavat
> is also a corruption of Ahmedabad, by the way; and this is why I still
> call the bird "Red Munia" and not "Red Avadavat".
>
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