On Sun, 29 Nov 2020, Phake Nick wrote:
Bombay's name change to Mumbai was announced in 1995. Almaty was 1993. Saint Petersburg was 1991. Nowadays you won't hear their previous English name anymore even when you talk with English speakers who support those politicians you listed.
Well, not quite correct. In the Philippines (where most people speak a reasonable amount of English as well as their many local dialects of Tagalog), they often use a rather derogatory term "boomba" to refer to persons of Indian descent. This racial slur did not adapt to Mumbai name change. But that is a discussion for a different list. +--------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+ | Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul@whooppee.com | | Software Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette@netbsd.org | +--------------------+--------------------------+-----------------------+