182 VV. A Dictionary of minimal pairs Native and foreign students have a real difficulty in regard to the words which have (1) or, or, so and (2) 7, p, (3) a), sit, sp I have found it from my teaching experience that if a separate list of these words with their different meanings are prepared and used by students most of the common mistakes that are committed on this account can very much be avoided. XVI. A Dictionary of Place-names and Personal names This is something which is very near and dear to my heart. I think there can be no other dictionary which can speak volumes about the impact of history and culture on the mind of the people than this one. This dictionary can very easily be compiled with the help of the electoral rolls that are preserved in our state and central archives. These electoral rolls in which we can easily find the relationships between the place and person in perhaps the greatest contribution of adult franchise to the study of language and culture. Hence let us hasten to make the best use of it. Such dictionaries will be very useful for the study of both the uniqueness and unity of the various linguistic cultures of India. XVII. Dictionary of Technical Terms Under this heading I wish to stress the need for the compilation of the traditional occupational terms and also the new terminologies used by our skilled and unskilled labourers, unlettered in English. On this subject I wish to add emphatically that it is preferable to have technical terms coined not by the language pandits but by the technicians themselves which have to be used ultimately in addition to the English terms which we will be having at the first instance. In this connection I wish to commend heartily on the constructive work that is being done by the Association of Technicians of Tamil Nadu at Bangalore which will be of great help when Tamil will be made the medium of instruction for higher education in Tamil Nadu provided proper encouragement is given to such voluntary agencies by the universities, the State and the Central Governments. I pray for your permission to mention only two more points one negative and the other positive before concluding my paper.
