Re: SUMMIT - Mazeno Ridge to Nanga Parbat climbed
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:48 pm
Fletch wrote:But if his name is something difficult to pronounce (by Western audiences) or difficult to spell (with Western keyboards), then maybe just saying Sherpa is the way to go?
Wow...imagine if journalists followed this logic when writing about international topics. "Today a group of Chinese people announced this and that, to which another group of Indian people said this..." Sorry Fletch, but I totally disagree with you here - I think that including a person's name if possible, as difficult as it may be to pronounce, is basic courtesy when writing about other people, and being "difficult to pronounce" is no excuse. If the name is not known and no other information is available, then it's a different story; in that case a descriptor such as "Sherpa" is appropriate, but only in that case.