Tamil spoken in Madras is a whole parallel language. Its exciting and really easy to communicate and has its parallels with english. This is exactly off the street which has also become popular across offices, colleges and even some homes. Some of these things that i frequently hear and use are written below...please watch my post of a typical monday morning coversation that happens in office. It will be up by monday afternoon.
Cutting - Small Peg
Danks baa - Very friendly way of thanking
Kadalai - Casual chatting Usually between two members of opposite sex
Kalasitta po - Wow...its great
Machan /Macchi /Maamu - casual way of addressing a friend
Maanga - Fool
Peter - A guy who often displays his English linguistic skills
Friday, March 10, 2006
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7 comments:
hahaha.. good one! all this local slang totally adds beauty to chennai.. i think its already great anyways.. kalakitta po :)
Outlaw,
Thanks a lot...i think its time for a cutting now and hopefully i get to put some kadalai.
varta,
Shumit
Hey Shumit. This is Meera(USU).I happ to see your blog. So what are you up to and r u in chennai?? How is life? Are you working?? byee
Meera
Meera,
Life is good in chennai...i am really glad to hear from you. Its been a while. Where are you these days and how is life treating you...i assume you are in the software industry. I am into consulting and working with the econ division at frost and sullivan....are you married now to that dude ???
later,
Shumit
Hey shumit,
Great...You are in to marathon and stuff??? Yes, I am married to that dude..I got married last year in june and I am in St.Louis working.Anyways,thats about it.My yahoo id is meera_san.So add me in.
byeee
Meera,
Congrats on the job and marriage. Damn happy for you. I will definitely keep in touch and do visit my blog whenever you get the time.
love,
Shumit
ha ha this was a good post :) liked it...will come back latter again.
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