define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Doublespeak https://annaschwind.com/2006/07/11/doublespeak/ Anna Schwind's blog Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:13:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 By: Charlie https://annaschwind.com/2006/07/11/doublespeak/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:27:34 +0000 https://annaschwind.com/?p=425#comment-255 Damn…so we don’t torture prisoners yet we define, practice and perfect the techniques on our own people. Yeah right. Scary stuff no matter how you look at it.

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By: el_cuniado https://annaschwind.com/2006/07/11/doublespeak/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:41:48 +0000 https://annaschwind.com/?p=425#comment-254 Actually there have been several name changes in India in the last 5-8 years. Most of them attempt to recuperate original names in substitution for "colonial" names. If you check out wikipedia for Mumbai, you can see the whole explanation. Another example is Kolkata for Calcutta, Chennai for Madras, etc. Hmmm… You mean you’re not up on your Indian geography? Next you’ll tell me that you didn’t know that the state of Bihar is now divided into Bihar and Jharkhand. Or that the northwestern corner of Uttar Pradesh is now Uttaranchal. Man, you have to keep up with this stuff!!!

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