Accepted transliteration for Sanskrit to Roman is to put umlaut/diacritic to represent long sounds[deergha], hard sound n[in Ramayana] and Talavya sa. Sometimes, a dash above the letter or apostrhophe is used. There is a difficulty in using upper cases for these sounds as they can occur in the beginning of words, anjirraia mada naaraai, aaraavamude, uyarvara uyarnala, oorellaam tunji ulagellaam, orunal sutram, orayiramai ulegezhanaittum or may be of proper names like Nammazhwar, Nappinnai etc. Upper cases in between words are difficult to write and comprehend for most people. Yes, Kanninun is correct, not Kanninum, but the context was not about the rendition, but about the connotation of the word "anban". So, there was an oversight. I am reminded of Sri Parasara Bhattar's comment about "Tangal anbaarat tamadu sol valattaal talait talai sirandu poosippa" as mentioned in Eedu Muppattaraayirappadi. Regards,TCASrinivasaramanujan
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