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Requested move

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was Move Poorkaalam to Porkkaalam (2009 film), as Porkkaalam is a disambig page. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:33, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Poorkaalam → Porkkalam — Porkkalam is the correct anglicized spelling — Johannes003 (talk) 15:09, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Discussion

- Porkkalam is how both links spell this; why is it here? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 01:26, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- It's spelled "Poorkkalam" at poorkkalam.com. Not knowing half a word of Tamil, it would seem to me that this is just a matter of transliteration. Can someone confirm if there's actually a difference in meaning between the variants? If there's no difference, this article will need to be disambiguated from Porkkaalam (1997 film). Jafeluv (talk) 12:40, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Its name is in the Tamil alphabet: போர்க்களம்; which in strict lingustics-type transcription becomes "pōrkkaḷam". The dots above some letters are the Tamil version of the virama. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:35, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- According to the Tamil script article, the ō character means a long "o" sound, so that's probably why they have "oo" in the transliteration. What about the 1997 film? Is it named "போர்க்களம்" as well, or something else that also transliterates to "Pork(k)a(a)lam"? Jafeluv (talk) 10:28, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
To most English-speakers except linguistics, "oo" means the vowel in "boot", not a long "o" sound. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:40, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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