someone should help b etor with her geometry homework

[Nubclear]

Okay, Krashihorsh, Loritsajl, you two win.

[Drake Tungsten]

That's not the point, Tassadar5000. The point is that multiple transliterations sometimes exist for one word. What defines "correct" is merely what most people who know about such things accept right now.

Why do you care what Tass thinks? He can't even spell his own name right anymore...

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Tacc
Okay, Krashihorsh, Loritsajl, you two win.

Oh dear! I shall surely not be able to retire to my bedroom tonight!

[aneeshm]

Actually, there is a proper system behind the transliteration from Devanagari to Roman script. In devanagari, there are the consonants, and there are the vovels, and the unit of speech is a combination of the two. So the transliteration usually follows the pattern

[consonant][modifier vovel][consonant][modifier vovel][consonant][modifier vovel][consonant][modifier vovel]....

And so on.

Ashoka is, in Devanagari, broken down as

a + (sh+o) + (k+a)

ेअ + (श् + अ ) + (क्+अ ),

or simply अशोक.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Tacc
Okay, Krashihorsh, Loritsajl, you two win.

Apparently you don't understand what "transliteration" means.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by aneeshm
Actually, there is a proper system behind the transliteration from Devanagari to Roman script.

And if somebody uses a different system?

There's no universal accepted spelling of Asoka's name in English. I'm not about to ***** and moan at Firaxis because they used the one I don't like.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by aneeshm
Actually, there is a proper system behind the transliteration from Devanagari to Roman script. In devanagari, there are the consonants, and there are the vovels, and the unit of speech is a combination of the two.

Do you know why it also gets spelled Asoka?

[Straybow]

Originally posted by joncha
lol check and see LOL

Hmmm, I almost care enough to come back... except I actually found where somebody minted a 56.7g twopenny copper in 1797 and I'd have a hard time not saying anything about it...

[joncha]

Then you won't be getting past the quarantine, sir.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Aro


It sounds like your dad is a good parent.

Indeed... I agree. I wouldn't let my kids... Especially someone from Poly. [/QUOTE]

If I had a daughter I would let her surf here. It's one of the few sites I would trust her to post at. I know none of you guys would ever be able to pick up on a woman. . Only kidding. Actually what I meant most of you are repsectful people who would never take advantage of a woman. You are all good people. Even the commies. *sentimental moment is now over*

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
There's no universal accepted spelling of Asoka's name in English. I'm not about to ***** and moan at Firaxis because they used the one I don't like.

There is a universally accepted transliteration scheme. The "sh" sound can be written as "sh" or "s" with a line over it, so Ashoka can be written as "Ashoka" or "Asoka," with a line over the "s." "Asoka" on its own is wrong.

Besides, Indian historians, and government (for which English is an official language) use the two particular spellings of Ashoka's name in English. This should be a good enough indicator of universally accepted spellings.

Tass

[joncha]

Tass

LordSiva

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by LordShiva
There is a universally accepted transliteration scheme. The "sh" sound can be written as "sh" or "s" with a line over it, so Ashoka can be written as "Ashoka" or "Asoka," with a line over the "s." "Asoka" on its own is wrong.

Does that answer my question?

Originally posted by Lorizael
Do you know why it also gets spelled Asoka?

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Lorizael
Does that answer my question?

Yes. Standard keyboards don't have the "s with a line over it" key, and end up typing "Asoka."

[LordShiva]

As an aside, Microprose/Firaxis list of Indian city names (which has stated constant since Civ1) really annoys me, in that they are very often either mis-spelled, or, worse, names of states, regions, and even rivers. Some of the spellings sound as if someone read out names of cities really quickly, and someone else typed them out as best s/he could. It's something that even a google image search for "map of india" would fix