On February 10, British newspaper The Independent announced that it would revert to using "Bombay" instead of "Mumbai" as a statement to oppose Hindu nationalists.
Will be on @BBCr4today shortly explaining why The @Independent calls Bombay just that, and not Mumbai
And in doing so, they've unwittingly given birth to a new joke format on Twitter.
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"We shall henceforth refer to Mumbai as Bombay" - says The Independent, a newspaper printed in Londonium in Britannia.
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The editor of The Independent will switch back to using Google Reader instead of Feedly
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The Independent is going back to calling itself The Monarchist
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The editor of "The Independent" is going back to calling themselves "The Dominion status"
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Ajay Devgn must be majorly worried that The Independent will put back the 'a' in his name.
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The Independent is going to start calling Akshay Kumar Rajiv Bhatia.
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The independent to refer the British govt as the East India company
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Can't wait for The Independent to start publishing Shivaji Rao Gaekwad jokes
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lovely move by a Londinium newspaper. The Romans must be thrilled. https://t.co/S03nvST7Uv
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The Independent calls Sunny Leone Karenjit Kaur.
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What should we call the artist formally known as Prince? @amolrajan @Independent
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The editor of The Independent is switching back to Twitter "faves" instead of "likes" https://t.co/cqsM1NDReS
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The Independent will go back to calling Sh*thole as Liverpool FC
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The editor of The Independent will go back to calling Zayn Malik a member of One Direction instead of former member https://t.co/xzfmx7Pynq