Tamil New Year
Happy Tamil New Year to all Tamilians of the world. Sorry Putthaandu Nal Vaazhtthukkal. Resolutions are not just for English New Year right? So I decided to take some reslutions for Tamil New Year. Could think of two. No, its not that I am going to stop doing something or start doing something. I am gonna ask people to stop doing something. Thats always the easiest.;-)
If someone starts a sentence with "Sollareney nu thappa edutthukkadha..." (don't get me wrong but...), its guaranteed that the words that follow would be offensive, annoying or at the least disagreeable to the person who is actually at the receiving end. From tomorrow, I am gonna stop that person mid-sentence and say "Its OK, naan thappa edutthuppen" and I want to see if they actually stop or continue. Too many times people say things like "Sollareney thappa edutthukkadha but you sound stupid" and get away with it. Would their heads explode if you prevent them from stating what they think? I want to check that out.
Have you ever asked the age of someone and got this reply? "I am running 30 but I am actually 29". Who wants to hear their running, sitting, walking age? I am not gonna ask anybody's age anymore. I am only going to ask their year of birth.
If you can think of any more of such "good" resolutions, let me know before tomorrow. (My dear friend Bubby, I am counting on you.)
posted by D LordLabak @ 10:48 AM
48 Comments:
iniya puthaandu vazthukkal...
Deeps,"Sollareney nu thappa edutthukkadhinga" This is not going to work!
இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துகள்
TR-style wishes:
Varuga iniya puththaandu
Vaazhga neengaL pallaandu
MuttukattaigaLai thaandu
Vaazhththuvadhu oru vaandu
:-)
thennavaaa...will u ever grow up ? ~*sigh*~ kashtamdaa
Dear Deepa..
its rite what u hav said.. but the thing is that u cannot always act like this.. restrictions always bind us.. hence, this cannot be removed from the tamil society since they are all a way of expressions.. .I wish to talk to u more...
well dear Deepa..
my new year wishes to u..
Though u hav talked about a page on ur resolutions, i don think it is gonna work.. also this is not a serious issue to be dealt with.. may be u could think of something more creative and constructive...
Anyway.. its good.. i appreciate ur keen observance of words and people.. I wish to talk to you more..
Ajay, Nandri.
Ashok, I agree with you even though you started your sentence in the typical fashion.;-)
Mukundan, some anonymous has a gaandu.:-)
Vijaykumar, welcome.
Those 2 are typical indianisms.
will we ever learn? ;)
the way u spell is better so me ctrl c & ctrl v here as well as in my blog...;)
Inniya Putthaandu Nal Vaazhtthukkal Deepa..
me also waiting to see bubby's comment..
Iniya Puththandu Vazthukkal :)
Some people use "Oru pechchukku solren...","Naan onnu solren ana nee porumaiyaa kettukanum..." etc etc...
deepa, "if u don't mind" lemme tell u that (tami/english/...) new year resolutions don't work at all and it is just for u to make and break :-)... the success depends on how fast u break :-)
Puthandu vaalthukkal!!
The whole resolution thingy..i think this is how it started.. people got drunk on new year eve. Some probably puked and/or uttered drunken promises. They get up, the don't remember a thing and they keep doing the same thing the next year too.
But the new year resolution as a real thing was cooked up by middle class parents that keep dwelling upon "morals, "good" habits and stuff. so they made a nice occasion for getting drunk into a guilt-ridden excuse for obligatory promises....
does that make sense?
Iniya Puthandu nall vazhthukkal
TTM, relax maadi. We are what we are and would be forever and we are not that bad, right?:-)
Me, migavum nandri (p)ayya.
Anusha and Me Too, Thank you. And "oru pecchukku sollaren" is funny too. I am adding that to my list.;-)
Karthik, "new year resolution" is a myth. We think of how things would be in an ideal world and associate that with a resolution and eventually they are meant to be broken. And I didn't mind.;-)
I, thank you. Putthandu Nal Vaazhtthukkal to you too. And my parents never talked about resolutions and we were quintessential middle-class.:-)
TTM, relax maadi
hey deepa what does maadi mean...i see that in lot of blogs & comments
Me, maadi = pannu/pannunga (I think)
இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துகள்- Just copied and pasted Ashok's. Since he is from madurai I know his Tamil must be good and will not have any sp. mistakes :-))
"maadi" is a kannada word. As Deepa says it means "to do".
The tamil makkal who are settled in Bangalore with software career use a mixed lingo with english and kannada words "stop maadi"(please stop), "straight hogee"(go straight)etc !
The most commonly used one is
"Enjoy Maadi"!!!
Deepa & AP: thanks...
Tilo, in fact it has a minor mistake...missed the "க்" between து and க in வாழ்த்துக்கள் :-)
But if you say mel maadi, that's tamizh. Hehehe.
புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துகள் Deepa!
"Who wants to hear their running, sitting, walking age?"
Ha ha ha! Hilarious. I don't know why people get so insecure about ageing. It just means you got to live longer! Do we feel bad about having more money in the bank? Then why this obsession with being young I say.
Thank you Tilo.
Ashok, I was going to point that out. But I didnt want a reputation of being the dhaadi thatha of Thiruvilayadal fame (Nakkeerar).;-)
Nandri Ammani. "Mel Maadi" ...lol. May I suggest a resolution for you?;-)
Wild reeds, I agree. Bank balance anology is funny.
"Mukundan, some anonymous has a gaandu.:-)"
Indian languages are funny! You'd know what I mean if you know Hindi!:))
Belated Puthandu vaazhtukkal!
P.s: - If I translate belated to Tamizh, chances are that you wouldnt understand.
Deeps - unrelated : I want which movie is "Paadu shanta Paadu from". I am told you are a pro in old Tamil songs.
Deepa, don't worry about the anons. They'll keep coming wherever I go (they love me a lot you see) :-).
Tilo, that song is from "ThillAna MohanAmbAl" (SingAra vElanE dEvA where Gemini GanEsan says that to Savithri and it goes something like "un isai enum inbha veLLaththil nIndha OdOdi vandha ennai yEmAtRAdhE SAnthA", to which SAvithri says "unGaL isaiyin mun en pAttu" to which Gemini says "thEnOdu kalandha thellamudham, kOla nilavOdu kalandha kuLir thendral, indha SingAravelan sannidhiyile, indha inbha mAlai pozhudhinilE" and something like that and after that she breaks into "SingAra vElanE dEvA...". Sorry Deepa didn't mean to hijack your limelight here :-).
Aiyaiyo! Thennavan ularran! Tilo, it's from Konjum Salangai. It comes before Singaravelaney Deva (there's a kadai behind it).
ammani,
what's that kadai?
Thennavan, u seem drunk!:)) Sorry, no offense meant.
Thennavan neither Savithri nor Gemini acted in Thillana...........
ammani - even jikku knows better right :-0
Okay anon, since you ask.
The legend behind Singaravelaney is this. This was one of S. Janaki's earliest hits. The MD was searching for a voice that would match the nadaswaram sruthi (pitch) and someone recommended the (hitherto little known) Janamma and that's how she got her break. The two artists - S. Janaki and Karakurichi Arunachalam never met during the recording as their tracks were recorded separately. Until a chance meeting at a public function a while after the song had become a big hit.
There's a far more interesting version of the story here
http://tfmpage.com/my/mani/sing.html
Sorry mea culpa. Thanks ammani :-).
Casement, I was really half-asleep when I wrote that and that can be counted as a drunk state (since this teetotaller cannot distinguish between chardonnay and charpai ;-)).
Konjum Salangai it is. After seeng Thennavan's comment about Thillana Moganambal, I was like "Its a sin to not distinguish between Nadigarrrr thilagam's overacting in TM and Gemini's flirtatious paadu santha fame KS" and Ammani came to the rescue.;-) But Thennavan, the dialogues are correct though, so your faux pas is condoned.;-)
sollernnu thappa nenaichukadhey - you are too light on Thennavan :-)
Tilo, so what do you want her to do? :-) (maybe I should gloat over the fact that I am being held to a higher standard than the others? ;-))
I didn't know that there was track recording in those days. I was under the impression that the songs were recorded in one go.
Deepa, what kinda friend is Bubby??? When you count on him/her the most, he/she doesnt turn up at all!:))
lol...tilo. I wish I could say "Indha maanida padharai ennai kopparayil podavum".
Thennavan, adhellam seri, adhenna higher standard? This is what I call "Sandhula santro ottardhu".;-)
Kaps, you are an enlightened soul now.:-)
Casement, Bubby is Down under on a vacation. Thats why no comment (its she)
I thought Bubby was God from casment's description!
"When you count on him/her the most, he/she doesnt turn up at all!:))"
Deepa LOL! Ennai nallapadiyaa purinju vechchurukkeenga :-) (naan Madras-kaaranaachche)
Sandhula santro ottardhu....idhu enna neenga vidra dialogaaa... illa madras la kathutu vandheengala?
cycle gap la auto ottradhu kelvi patruken...idhu ippo dhan kekaren...
haha Tilo, tell that to ammani, she'd be so proud.:-)
Thats true Thennavan and I have that uncanny sense.;-)
Me, neenga sonnadhu original and idhu ennoda modified version of it/
Deepz,
unna kai-viduvena?keezh logatilerndu indaa..enoda contribution:-
Ban on thaata-paatis-ungil-aauntees saying
"naa yaar teriyardha..unna chinnnaa vayasula paathadu" when they meet youngsters like us at family functions/get togethers...ban on other kostans like "yevlo sambalam tarra?"
"enna naga(i) poaatta"
konjam hurry-burry la ezhudaren. adutha vaaaram, relaxed a ezhudaren ;-)
Belated Viya varuda vaazhtukkal!
Let this year be very very successful year to everyone in this world!!
Ithu ellam sari.
Belated vaarthaiya eppadi tamila sollrathu???
Ithu ellam sari.
Belated vaarthaiya eppadi tamila sollrathu???
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