On Monday 02 Nov 2009 7:29:02 am Mohan Sundaram wrote:
> > What is even more important than capturing the concept is to use words
> > that are in common usage. KG has stressed this point also. In my
> > experience, I have seen the word கணக்கு being used for account(as in user
> > account, both in and out of a computing context) frequently by
> > tamil-speaking people. Like I said in a previous thread, new, not-so-used
> > words that capture the concept better, should be welcomed, but at the
> > same time, commonly used words should also be mentioned to make it easy
> > for the user.
>
> The Indian Bank Tamil site also seems to use the same word. Is it not
> considered to be commonly understood or an acceptable term then?
>
கணக்கு is the correct word for bank account, the doubt is whether the common
man
will get the sense of it when it is used as a word for account on a site. Such
an account has a connotation of 'membership'. So some derivation of உறுப்பினர்
may
be more appropriate.
--
regards
kg
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