Reverse Transliterations ....

[Marie Genevieve Guesdon]

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>Date:         Thu, 11 Sep 1997 17:05:01 -0400
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>From: Peter D Banos <pdb1 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: Reverse Transliterations ....
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>On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Vidyasankar Sundaresan wrote:
>
>> Dear Indologists,
>>
>> Literature searches for Indian publications from various library catalogs
>> throw up some fine specimens of reverse transliterations.
>
>The examples cited are just the tip of the iceberg. My job includes
>copy-cataloguing Indian imprints and I see these all the time.
>Just this afternoon I handled an item from Ejukeshnal Buk Ha'us
>(Educational Book House), and a couple from Atmarama enda Samsa (Atma Ram
>and Sons).
>It took me the longest time to figure out that the Bengali-language
>publishing house "De'ja" wasn't like in "deja vu" but rather "De's."
>
>As for what became of the "Women for Women Research and Study Group," I
>will leave it to your imagination...
>
>                                                -Peter D. Banos
>                                                pdb1 at columbia.edu
>
>
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