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Usage question: why not call this [[Godavari River]]? "Godavari" is already not a word in the English language, it's a name. I assume that "river" is not part of the name Indians use to refer to Godavari.  But does that mean that English users have to change ''their'' conventions in referring to the river ''in English?''
Usage question: why not call this [[Godavari River]]?  I assume that "river" is not part of the name Indians use to refer to Godavari.  But does that mean that English users have to change ''their'' conventions in referring to the river ''in English?''


I'd like to ask a serious professional English maven about this one. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 05:06, 6 August 2007 (CDT)
I'd like to ask a serious professional English maven about this one. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 05:06, 6 August 2007 (CDT)

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Usage question: why not call this Godavari River? I assume that "river" is not part of the name Indians use to refer to Godavari. But does that mean that English users have to change their conventions in referring to the river in English?

I'd like to ask a serious professional English maven about this one. --Larry Sanger 05:06, 6 August 2007 (CDT)