Tamil Nadu government changes spellings amid pandemic; Twitter reacts with #NameChange
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The Tamil Nadu government issued a notification on Wednesday that listed almost 1000 localities whose English spellings will be changed to match the Tamil pronunciation.
Tamil Nadu government decided to give its localities a phonetic makeover amid the pandemic, and changed the English spellings of the names of localities to match the way they are pronounced.
The Tamil Nadu government issued a notification on Wednesday that listed almost 1000 localities whose English spellings will be changed to match the Tamil pronunciation.
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The spellings were changed after a committee was made especially to make sure that the experts sit down with districts heads and make sure that the spellings of the localities match the Tamil names.
Some main names that have been changed are: Coimbatore is now Koyampuththoor, Egmore is now Ezhumboor, Puducherry is now Puthucherry, Vellore is now Veeloor, Saidapet is now Saithaappettai, Chintadripet is now Chinthadharipettai and so on.
While the locals were going through the changes made, twitter came up with memes regarding this change amid a pandemic.
We compiled few of the best for you:
After passing all the students, Tamil Nadu govt. decides to change the syllabus.
— Aadar Malik (@TheAadarGuy) June 11, 2020
2021's gonna be a tough year to study geography.#NAMECHANGE
#NAMECHANGE#TNGovt changed names of few cities during this pandemic
— Tanveer (@Crictanveer) June 11, 2020
Meanwhile corona: pic.twitter.com/1WSh8ipI9w
Tamilnadu gov. Changed name of few cities during global pandemic #NAMECHANGE
— Sail (@Sail71297) June 11, 2020
Gov. Be like:- pic.twitter.com/I54JXbw9S0
#NAMECHANGE
— Vinusha (@vinnnnnnuu) June 11, 2020
TN changed the names of its cities relative to tamil pronunciations.
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So that Corona could get confused while entering the city by seeing its name board and go back to its home.
So less corona cases.#unlock2 #Chennai #KOYAMPUTHTHOOR pic.twitter.com/LRD8iw6E7k
Tamilnadu CM changed the name of the city Coimbatore to Koyampuththoor...😄
— Hazik Perry 🇮🇳 (@HazikPerry) June 11, 2020
Yogi Adityanath to Tamilnadu's CM..😄#NAMECHANGE pic.twitter.com/F1MVqKmbxE
#TamilNadu #NAMECHANGE pic.twitter.com/vKmVIk2GiG
— The Frustrated HouseWives (@Frustrated_Hai) June 11, 2020
What #tn people expect: Double testing capacity for Covid19. Double Hospital beds.
— Justme (@Justme36541234) June 11, 2020
What Govt does: Double 'OO' in Mylapore.. Double 'AA' in Arni. Double 'PP' Saidapet. 🙊#NAMECHANGE
So when Tamizh Nadoo's Corona total is close to 37,000, district collectors have been identifying 1018 names of places to be renamed as per their Tamizh pronunciation. Priorities. pic.twitter.com/amLUVjDKPx
— Pooja Prasanna (@PoojaPrasanna4) June 11, 2020
people of Tamil Nadu #NAMECHANGE pic.twitter.com/cwIuDetYrw
— ujjwaljangra (@_ujjwaljangra) June 11, 2020
*Tamil Nadu Govt changes names of 1,018 places* #NAMECHANGE
— Ullas Mehta (@ullasmehta_04) June 11, 2020
Yogi ji to Tamil Nadu Govt : pic.twitter.com/JT31SFyu7Q
After seeing the new names of cities in tamil nadu
— Virat Singh (@ViratSi24305334) June 11, 2020
Northindian - samajh me nahi aya , par sunn ke achha laga 😌 . #NAMECHANGE
