Re: [ACAT] Dali Lama (long)

Wayne Richter wrote:

> One of the problems with non-systematically romanized Tibetan names is
> that they are usually based on pronunciation and that can vary widely
> from place to place. Tenzin Gyatso, which appears to be Lhasa dialect,
> would become Danzan Gyamts in some of the Northern Amdo dialect areas.

Quite.  However, in the LC catalog, "Tenzin Gyatso" occurs in statement 
of responsibility or within the title of 45 out of 47 hits (not all of 
them English text).

While acknowledging the preferences of some, I still think the clear 
mainstream usage is "Dalai Lama" -- sometimes specified as 14th; 
moreover, it has the advantage of direct access to other holders of the 
title too.

A phrase-in-title search (which includes statement of responsibility) in 
the LC catalog yielded 602 hits, of which I quickly checked every 25th. 
  I noted, for the 14th Dalai Lama: 13 hits, "Dalai Lama"; 7 hits, "14th 
Dalai Lama" (or "fourteenth" or "XIV" or "XIVth"); plus one each for the 
First, Second, Third and Fifth (in words or figures).

Hal Cain
Dalton McCaughey Library
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
hal@...

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