YC Interviews in India

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Post by katm » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 4:33 AM UTC

YC Interviews in India
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Re: YC Interviews in India

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Post by vesh » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:04 AM UTC

Bengalūru, it has been 14 year since the name changed officially would appreciate if people stopped using the anglicized name of our city.

Re: YC Interviews in India

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Post by rococode » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:04 AM UTC

With YC China in the works and now interviews being held in India, it looks like YC is making a strong push to get a solid foothold in two obviously huge markets that have fairly weak Western presence. Seems like a smart move, it'll definitely be interesting to see what YC looks like 10 years from now.

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Post by saagarjha » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:08 AM UTC

vesh wrote: post #2

Bengalūru, it has been 14 year since the name changed officially would appreciate if people stopped using the anglicized name of our city.

Like it or not, Bangalore is significantly more recognizable than Bengaluru (for example, the Wikipedia page uses it). So I doubt it's going away any time soon…

Re: YC Interviews in India

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Post by dingo_bat » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:14 AM UTC

vesh wrote: post #2

Bengalūru, it has been 14 year since the name changed officially would appreciate if people stopped using the anglicized name of our city.

I live here and hate the new name. It feels dumb to say it, whereas Bangalore sounds very modern. Kind of like Dilli vs Delhi.

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Post by rorykoehler » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:17 AM UTC

vesh wrote: post #2

Bengalūru, it has been 14 year since the name changed officially would appreciate if people stopped using the anglicized name of our city.

Bangalore is the English name. My city is called Dublin in English and Baile Átha Cliath in our native language of Irish. As an Irishman I understand better than most the resentment towards the English but really this is not a battle worth fighting. Both names are correct in their respective languages.

Re: YC Interviews in India

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Post by Permit » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:22 AM UTC

vesh wrote: post #2

Bengalūru, it has been 14 year since the name changed officially would appreciate if people stopped using the anglicized name of our city.

Using the anglicized name in English doesn't strike me as particularly egregious. (Presumably you don't say "Espanol" or "Francais" when describing other languages in English. Or describe "China" as "Zhongguo").

However, they should probably at least correct the "Banglore" misspellings in the FAQ.

Re: YC Interviews in India

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Post by vesh » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:26 AM UTC

rorykoehler wrote: post #6

vesh wrote: post #2

Bengalūru, it has been 14 year since the name changed officially would appreciate if people stopped using the anglicized name of our city.

Bangalore is the English name. My city is called Dublin in English and Baile Átha Cliath in our native language of Irish. As an Irishman I understand better than most the resentment towards the English but really this is not a battle worth fighting. Both names are correct in their respective languages.

I don't have any resentment towards English. The city has been around for as long as the English language and nobody local never called it with the anglicized name if anything it would be more of a correction.

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Post by NTDF9 » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:28 AM UTC

Well looks like YC is stepping up their game to get a bite of the future.

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Post by adora » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 5:29 AM UTC

Permit wrote: post #7

vesh wrote: post #2

Bengalūru, it has been 14 year since the name changed officially would appreciate if people stopped using the anglicized name of our city.

Using the anglicized name in English doesn't strike me as particularly egregious. (Presumably you don't say "Espanol" or "Francais" when describing other languages in English. Or describe "China" as "Zhongguo"). However, they should probably at least correct the "Banglore" misspellings in the FAQ.

oops, fixed. thx :)