Brahman or Brahmin

[mani at srirangam.esd.sgi.com]

It appears to me that the brahmin/brahman difference is
a south Indian / north Indian one, as I implied before,
with no condescension implied in either. Almost invariably, 
south Indian writers use "brahmin". (There are a few exceptions, 
such as in the title of  K. Rangachari's monograph 
"Sri Vaishnava Brahmans".) "Brahman" I have seen much more often 
in the writings of north Indians; I think this reflects the 
pronounciation of the word in the spoken English of the 
different regions.

Since Western Indologists are more acquanted with north
Indians and north Indian writers than otherwise, it is but
natural that "brahman" is used more often by Western
writers.

Mani