Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 1. 1936
Letter ID: 1518
Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar
January 8, 1936
I have no objection to N’s eyes being treated by R.
It is not a question of his eyes. If R treats him, he will forbid all allopathic medicines for his other ailments. That is the point I put to N which he seems not to understand at all.
If it is l and not r why do they pronounce Achanchar? Is it like our saying আঁব1 (mango) instead of আম2? Oh, the very word আম takes you, Sir, to the land of –!
God knows! I have not heard their pronunciation. But it is l all right. R and l are however supposed to be phonetically interchangeable since the beginnings of human speech.
1 āṃb
2 ām