[Indic-computing-devel] Vernacular

[Dr. U.B. P. <pav...@vi...>]

Dear all Indians,

Very often I read people refering to Indian languages as 
vernacular languages. This was the word used by British 
while refering to the languages used by Indians, Africans, 
etc. meaning the language of slaves. Please check the 
Webster meaning of the word at http://www.m-w.com/. You can 
find out yourself. I have attached below the meaning of the 
word vernacular from the above site

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Main Entry: 1ver=B7nac=B7u=B7lar 
Pronunciation: v&(r)-'na-ky&-l&r
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin vernaculus native, from verna slave born in the master's 
house, native
Date: 1601
1 a : using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather tha=
n a 
literary, cultured, or foreign language b : of, relating to, or being a 
nonstandard language or dialect of a place, region, or country c : of, 
relating to, or being the normal spoken form of a language
2 : applied to a plant or animal in the common native speech as 
distinguished from the Latin nomenclature of scientific classification
3 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a period, place, or group; espec=
ially : 
of, relating to, or being the common building style of a period or place
- ver=B7nac=B7u=B7lar=B7ly adverb 
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I humbly request all patriotic Indians to refrain from 
using the word "vernacular".

Rgds,
Pavanaja

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Dr. U.B. Pavanaja
Editor, Vishva Kannada
World's first Internet magazine in Kannada
http://www.vishvakannada.com/

Note: I don't worry about pselling mixtakes