Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet“ and its meaning is “it denotes that people are who they are or things are what they are, no matter what name you give them. The name of something does not affect its character”.
Example Sentence: Allahabad, Bombay, Calcutta. The ABC of change of names is all pervasive (prevalent). To adjust to the change, one would need to opt for other easy-on-tongue handy names for cities. Many more cities seem to be in the queue, to make the gullible believe that renaming will turn things around, transforming the present dirty cities into future smart enclaves… Shakespeare’s assertion that a rose will smell the same even if named otherwise makes sense but not when political undertones (colourings) reflect a sinister (evil/criminal) design.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Naming fad and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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