The term "native name" the Infobox at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konnie_Huq
Konnie Huq was born in Hammersmith, as was her sister.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupa_Huq
Native name: is there something better to describe her name in Bengali?
Gordo
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On 31 July 2017 at 10:24, Gordon Joly wrote:
> Konnie Huq was born in Hammersmith, as was her sister.
> Native name: is there something better to describe her name in Bengali?
It's her name in her "native" language, where "native" means
"associated with the place *or circumstances* of a person'
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Yeah, I'm not sure I'd put their name in Bengali into the infobox at all,
personally. But `other_names` certainly *feels* more appropriate.
On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 at 10:35 Andy Mabbett wrote:
> On 31 July 2017 at 10:24, Gordon Joly wrote:
>
> > Konnie Huq was born in Hammersmith, as was her sister
The article at
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/07/radio-review-bbc-asian-network
suggests that she doesn't actually speak Bengali at all...
Does she even use the Bengali spelling?
On 31 July 2017 at 21:56, Owen Blacker wrote:
> Yeah, I'm not sure I'd put their name in Bengali
You see a lot of this, where someone from a given ethnic origin has a
"native" version of their name put on their article even if there's no
citable evidence they've ever used it. Do we have a cite for this?
First port of call would be the refs, second the talk page.
On 31 July 2017 at 23:03, Rich
