Dont know if this has been posted before but was reading the BBC News Website before and came across this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7692373.stm
Great example of proof-reading!
Wonderful Spelling by the BBC
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If you look in the newspapers, you will find that this spelling has been adopted recently. Bear in mind that it is transliteration from Urdu or Punjabi, so there is no "correct" spelling
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Re: Wonderful Spelling by the BBC
Reminds me of the various spellings of Colonel Gadffi of Libya (Khadaffi and others)
Diffiult whenever names are translated
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Diffiult whenever names are translated
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Re: Wonderful Spelling by the BBC
Wasn't aware of that!cstorey wrote:If you look in the newspapers, you will find that this spelling has been adopted recently. Bear in mind that it is transliteration from Urdu or Punjabi, so there is no "correct" spelling
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Thanks for the info.
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I don't think you need to eat your hat. I think the problem with these words is that fashions in spelling them seem to change, as also does pronunciation. Do you remember when the BBC insisted on describing Kabul as Korbool. Fortunately, it didn't last long!