Name Changes
A number of modifications are made to British Approved Names and other older nonproprietary names. This is to ensure similar pronunciation across major languages:
- ae and oe are replaced by e
- ch is replaced by c
- ph is replaced by f
- th is replaced by t
- y is replaced by i
Read more about this topic: International Nonproprietary Name
Famous quotes containing the word name:
“What is it? a learned man
Could give it a clumsy name.
Let him name it who can,
The beauty would be the same.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)