[Ubuntu-BD] [OT] Bangla Firefox Release Party

Saad M Niamatullah saadmniamatullah at gmail.com
Thu Oct 29 08:23:36 GMT 2009


On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Shabab Mustafa
<shabab.mustafa at gmail.com> wrote:
> @Saad,
>
> Well, you have some logic with our argument for sure. But there are
> something more and stronger that I can show you.
>
> Since the era of British ruler's 'ঢাকা' used to be spelt as 'Dacca' in
> English. Later, we changed that to 'Dhaka' and the rest of the world adopted
> that. Same happend to Bomai to Mumbai or Barma to Mayanmar.
>
> According to the 3rd amendment of the Constitution of Bangladesh, 'Bengali'
> has been replaced by 'Bangla' officially. (ref:
> http://www.pmo.gov.bd/constitution/part1.htm#3.)
>
> This is our languge. And naturally we have the ultimate right to decide how
> to name it, than others. All we need is our strong will, nothing else.
>
> --
> Shabab Mustafa
> Chief Administrative Officer
> Admin Office
> CapsLock Corporates
> --
> Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org
> ubuntu-bd at lists.ubuntu.com
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I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

-- 
Saad M Niamatullah



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