Phonetically speaking
My sister studied in a Christian missionary school. Somehow there is a notion that, such type of schools pay more attention to English and students from those schools have less or weak knowledge in Tamil (I am trying to be "politically correct" here..if u still find it offensive..don't sue me :D ). Once she had misspelled "Veera Paandiya Kattabomman" as "Kettabomman" (which literally translates to spoilt Bomman) :D It was so funny that her teacher still remembers her for that spello (had she typed we cud've called it Typo :D) and i never miss a chance to pull her leg with that ( aabveyesly u c :D )
I read an article about Dyslexic people, who spell words differently. Take the movie "Taare Zameen par" for that matter. There is a scene where the teacher gets irritated with Ishan for making so many spelling mistakes. Was wondering why people go crazy over misspelled words. What was "Colour" few years back is "Color" now. Even Blogspot is highlighting the first version as wrong spelling. My classmate once read "Island" as "Isssland". All of us laughed. Few days back in News i saw one French minister pronouncing the same way..in front of media. No one bothered!! what was "Schedule" is being called as "Skedule". Who decides which spelling or pronunciation is correct? No word is going to sue you for spelling it wrong :D So what the heck?? So Why all this hungama??
Right from childhood..we have all been brought up as conformists. Do this, as its the way everyone does. If someone does something different, its screamed at or scorned.
But one thing is..if everyone decides to have their own way and say over things, it would be total chaos. I am not calling for a rebellion here. But these are small things, i feel, which doesn't warrant such strong reactions. End of the day its the communication which matters.
P.S: En neram, before i could publish this post, a mail came from one of my colleague with so many spelling mistakes that i couldnt understand what he was trying to convey..had to call him up and confirm :D Oru vela en posta hack panni publish panrathuku munna padichitaro?? :D
I read an article about Dyslexic people, who spell words differently. Take the movie "Taare Zameen par" for that matter. There is a scene where the teacher gets irritated with Ishan for making so many spelling mistakes. Was wondering why people go crazy over misspelled words. What was "Colour" few years back is "Color" now. Even Blogspot is highlighting the first version as wrong spelling. My classmate once read "Island" as "Isssland". All of us laughed. Few days back in News i saw one French minister pronouncing the same way..in front of media. No one bothered!! what was "Schedule" is being called as "Skedule". Who decides which spelling or pronunciation is correct? No word is going to sue you for spelling it wrong :D So what the heck?? So Why all this hungama??
Right from childhood..we have all been brought up as conformists. Do this, as its the way everyone does. If someone does something different, its screamed at or scorned.
But one thing is..if everyone decides to have their own way and say over things, it would be total chaos. I am not calling for a rebellion here. But these are small things, i feel, which doesn't warrant such strong reactions. End of the day its the communication which matters.
P.S: En neram, before i could publish this post, a mail came from one of my colleague with so many spelling mistakes that i couldnt understand what he was trying to convey..had to call him up and confirm :D Oru vela en posta hack panni publish panrathuku munna padichitaro?? :D
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So, he did hack ur post n read it eh ... Yippee! I understood all the Tamil words there .. communication :)
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chinnatha onnu kidacha pothumey....kalaiichingla u kiladi aachey:)
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chollurathu ellam solli mudichitu am not callinga na nambiruvoma:)
Conformist - so what? :-) I am one. I don't think these days, at school you are penalized in any other subject for spelling mistakes other than in English. Maybe makes sense. But send any doc to me and the first thing that jumps out at me are spelling mistakes. :-)
I hate SMS lingo. :-) (Read carefully, I have not said SMS lingo users) Label me a prude, but I'd use T9 and type out the full thing than the contortions.
To an extent, they are all personality oriented. Some people care, some people don't. I care, especially on official documents or communication.
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ithu oru nalla kelvi ....vil tell the answer later:)) :P
I had a frnd who is known for mispronunciation or she misspells a word or she jumbles all the letters in a word n words in a sentence or in a para she reads second line first n first line second... mothuthula whatever she speaks in english will be like french :) I got so used to it so much, that ill be her translator when she speaks in english to others.. :).. I luv her for this.. To recollect one such incident, she had returned from a long leave n when asked she said that her mother underwent a major operation in ball gladder (supposed to be gall bladder )... :) We used to have real fun during study holidays. Feeling reaaaaally nostalgic... miss college days.. thanks Gils!
but, though i agree there's no universal pronunciation one should strictly stick with, I also think it doesnt hurt one to learn the right thing from the native speakers.
like, thamizhla 'zha' is 'zha'. you cant say 'valapalam' and show the finger. :)
word ver: cincoo - I pronounce it chinkuu :P
but I like to ask... if 'S' is silent then what is the need for it in the word 'Island'??? crazy...
whatever said and done, kEttabomman was toooo good !!! :D :D :D
:)) ur kament sounds ditto like mine :)))) hey hifi u got the tamil words :D
@pikaali:
//chinnatha onnu kidacha pothumey....kalaiichingla u kiladi aachey:)//
hehehe
:)))) hehehehe
//chollurathu ellam solli mudichitu am not callinga na nambiruvoma:)//
hehehe athelaam kanudkapdaathu :))
ithu veraayaa :))
//inimel gilsukku mail ellarum thappa kareectta eluthungo :)//
avvvvvvvvvvvv.....eki :)
//. My favorite and the first train that I ever knew, the Island Express. Deliberately used to mis-pronounce. Even now I chellamaa call pongal as pengal (in Tamil without a kaal) :)
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:D :D ponga as pengal :D :D no wonder :D :D
Thappay ila :D
// I am one. I don't think these days, at school you are penalized in any other subject for spelling mistakes other than in English. //
??is it...cool :)
:D nothing against being formal..but as a person..u wud never catch me dead in a suit for sure :D
chacha...i think..people who mend the words their own sweet way often are more strong in vocab than the prudes :)
hahaah..mine used to :D :D but got it corrected way fast when she saw us laaffing our head off :D
:) ungaluku inimay ithaan nick name..okva :) liked ur comment :) college daysla neengalum uncannyum seriana rettai nayanama iruntheepeenga pola :D
nothing wrong matumila..one has to know the real way is my thinking..but just because someone doesnt..dnt penalise him is the point. :)
wow..athivasi..hifi :D :D ditto my thots :D :D
but I like to ask... if 'S' is silent then what is the need for it in the word 'Island'??? crazy...//
sooooooper kostin :D :D
hahaahah :D :D US UK avanaglukulara adichikatum..y shd v fite :D :D namma tamizh telugu ozhunga kathupom :D
avvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv....epdi iruntha thala ...ipidi aaitele :D :D
Vidya
Sema post.. Yenjoyed eet
sariaaga kooorinaai :D
@rt:
// whoever came up with the wacko speellings n pronounciations... Think they did it just to mess with our head n give us he'll thru school/
athey athey sabaapathay :D
//Uncanny yavathu mis-spell panrathavathu.. avakita english la paesa arambicha, ill start to fumble :( so no taking risk.. only chennai tamil with her :) //
oohhh...avanga peterakkaava :D :D nenechen :D :D
Funny language we speak as it is.. and ppl mutate it properly.
Careful gils, your moves are being watched or hacked!
!!! enga ipdilaam bayamurutharel!!! oru green babya ipdilaam scare panapdaathu