Re: the all-from-sanskritists

--- In cybalist@..., "ravichaudhary2000" <ravi9@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "richardwordingham" <richard.wordingham@...>
> wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@..., "ravichaudhary2000" <ravi9@...> wrote:
> > > --- 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',

> by
> > > > Indian migrants in the West.
> > > >
> > > > 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
> of
> > an e-mail address. My hypothesis is that they are one and the

same

> > 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.
>
>
> To test your hypothesis, why do you not, simply, send Mr Robinson

an

> E Mail and ask him ?
>
> It is not often, one has the opportunity to test a hypothesis with
> actual verifiable source data

As suggested, I have asked (on the list where it was posted)
whether 'the Sanskrit Dialect Known as English' -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vediculture/message/3184 - was a joke.
There is as yet no reply.

Regards,
Richard.