a rose by any other orthography
Jan. 20th, 2003 06:43 pmWhy "chhotii"?
I'm so behind in jumping on the live-journal bandwagon. Yes, all the good usernames are taken. Even my first choice for how to transliterate the Hindi word for small (with feminine gender) was taken. Well, chhotii is a defensible transliteration, I think, although the extra h is not to my taste. Hrmpfh.
Well, now I understand why it's been such a challenge to match nicks with real people.
I'm so behind in jumping on the live-journal bandwagon. Yes, all the good usernames are taken. Even my first choice for how to transliterate the Hindi word for small (with feminine gender) was taken. Well, chhotii is a defensible transliteration, I think, although the extra h is not to my taste. Hrmpfh.
Well, now I understand why it's been such a challenge to match nicks with real people.