The Indian Hindu I know also thinks the name changes were politically-driven and ludicrous. He comes from Delhi so can take a more relaxed view of these things. (View Post)

That's another one. I can just about accept Eyri, though I'm not happy about it. There are at least Welsh speakers there. But renaming the Brecon Beacons was done purely to annoy the Englis… (View Post)

I'll give you a like for that. I have my reservations about assisted dying, but I'd rather we decided it for human reasons rather than because of what someone's god thinks. (View Post)

I quite like and respect the Academie Francaise, actually. It's so admirably French. Wouldn't work for English. Who would it? And it would be staffed by the sort of people who would absolut… (View Post)

More generally, on reflection, I find any attempt of other people to change words which were previously perfectly acceptable very irritating. Whether its products, names of pubs, names of cities, ren… (View Post)