From: ravichaudhary2000
Message: 14024
Date: 2002-07-16
> --- In cybalist@..., "ravichaudhary2000" <ravi9@...> wrote:by
> > --- In cybalist@..., "vishalsagarwal" <vishalagarwal@...> wrote:
> > > --- In cybalist@..., "richardwordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...>
> > > wrote:
> > > I hoped an Indian member of
> > > > the list would answer. 'Neil Kalia' appears to be a _native_
> > > speaker
> > > > of *English*.
> > >
> > > VA: Actually, Kalia is a Panjabi Brahmin surname. Neil is a
> > spelling
> > > adopted for their first name in lieu of the Hindu name 'Neel',
> > > Indian migrants in the West.of
> > >
> > > Therefore, it is possible that NK is indeed a person of Indian
> > > origin, but born and brought up in the USA/Canada/UK etc. - in
> this
> > > case, he would indeed be a native speaker of English.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Vishal
> >
> >
> >
> > To add to the inquiry, a slight detail
> >
> > The name in message
> >
> > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vediculture/message/3170)
> >
> > is given as Neil Kalia Robinson.
>
> Yes, but the name at the end of that posting is simply 'N. Kalia'.
> The author's name is recorded in full in the list archive. For the
> posting by plain 'Neil Kalia', authorship is recorded in the form
> an e-mail address. My hypothesis is that they are one and the sameTo test your hypothesis, why do you not, simply, send Mr Robinson an
> person, and that that person has joined the group again under a
> proper name. (I for one am wondering how to change my name at the
> Yahoo group so as to punctuate it properly.) It is also plausible
> that 'Robinson' has recently been added to the name.
>
> Richard.