Only the "Indian" (Hindu?) name is long, and I bet there's a compound word going on there that would be 100% worth learning about.
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Hindu is the religion. Hindi is the language
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See! I'd rather get corrected and learn something than complain that it's long.
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It's not even that long. Buddha in India is know as Gautum Budh. Gautama Buddha if you want to be super precise to its Sanskrit origin.pic.twitter.com/UpNFT08FXn
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In all my time as a student in India Ive never heard him called Shakyamuni Buddha or anything more. Hindus dont really add titles or laurels
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For deities we say Ji (pronounced G) for males & Ma (as in mother) for females. Eg. Shiv Ji/Krishen Ji & Kali Ma/Durga Ma. But they also...
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usually have multiple names or titles depending on the region in question and the importance of said deity in that area.
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my(chinese) father's whole name has 5 letters (lastname+name). he can't even use it as his password...
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Good because you should never use your name as your password
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I have seen some vietnamese peoples names that were so long they used every letter in the alphabet.....twice.
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No you haven't
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can be confusing to translate to different languages. thats what they meant...which they provided for there. those arent all examples.
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This one doesn't even make sense...?? A Twitter character cap is irrelevant to whatever presentation they decide on for the museum
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That's NOT her point. It's the shear volume of different names for the same entities that can be confusing. Relax
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I'm disappointed with this. Even if this is common practice. The wording just feels offensive to me
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I know! The ONLY abbv was e.g.


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Also... What do they do with Gaelic names?
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May appear a bit differently if written in own script? If
#brexit turns us world-wide maybe shd start learning these?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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