I see my initial suggestion meets with some resistance. Some of it is reasonable, some not. Perhaps it will be suggested again.
As for Czechoslovakia... I never claimed to be particular to those interests... rather the people who live in Praha dont call it Prague.
I read all of Mavs points, and as usual he ignores any strong argument against his position. Quite Ignoratio Elenchi. It did clear up some particular points, but these were mixed in so much triteness -- "your minority opinion", "Think of who gets harmed most" -- its hard to gauge the merits of his reasoning -- if it comes from a grocery shelf or not.
I asked a rather lofty and expansive question: "IS the area of language forever to be anissue where the prime directive of NPOV is undermined?" To wit Mav replied:
"What? How is it at all neutral to replace terms known by the majority of English speakers with terms that are only known by a few? "
Once again he assumes the context of English as being limited to a majority interest - rather than deal with the possibility that conventions can change, if reasonable. Maverick goes on:
"I would venture to guess that there is no English speaker alive who knows all 3,000 or so languages in the world. Sure, they would be perfectly at home with your "convention" but the rest of us won't."
Sigh. This is perhaps not the time for this discussion. Granted, I prefaced the idea as a highly academic one - one that would require some changed minds. It no doubt would arouse some ire, as such things tend. I also predicted where that typical ire would come from and I was spot-on. :}
Respectfully, -Steven