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Reply 80

senz72

At least the thread got to page 5!

:badger:

Reply 81

Still_Learning

Original post by rohitronaldo

Vanakkam Anaivarum. Haha never ever thought I would come across a Tamil Soc on TSR though stereotypically, we are the nerdy type.

We are?? I did not know that. Well, in that case, I wish I was more stereotypically Tamil! :redface:

Reply 82

Still_Learning

Original post by senz72

At least the thread got to page 5!

:badger:

Lol, how many (or rather, how few) pages were you expecting?

Reply 83

senz72

Original post by Still_Learning

Lol, how many (or rather, how few) pages were you expecting?

One or two.

Reply 84

a rusH

Original post by senz72

I just thought there ought to be one. :smile:

All Tamils are welcome :smile:

Ahmaam!

(I'm not tamil, that's pretty much the only word I know :colondollar:

)

Reply 85

senz72

Original post by a rusH

Ahmaam!

(I'm not tamil, that's pretty much the only word I know :colondollar:

)

What does that mean?

Reply 86

a rusH

Original post by senz72

What does that mean?

Oh haha I might have spelt it wrong :colondollar:

I have a friend who speaks tamil and he told me that meant "yes"

Reply 87

Susanoo

Original post by a rusH

Oh haha I might have spelt it wrong :colondollar:

I have a friend who speaks tamil and he told me that meant "yes"

You spelled it right, but it's not used as often as other 'yes' words.

Reply 88

MereBeing

Original post by Susanoo

You spelled it right, but it's not used as often as other 'yes' words.

I thought it was predominantly used by Indian people (who happen to be Tamil too), ah well what do I know :s-smilie:

Reply 89

Susanoo

Original post by MereBeing

I thought it was predominantly used by Indian people (who happen to be Tamil too), ah well what do I know :s-smilie:

Maybe, but I've heard my parents use it sometimes. :dontknow:

Reply 90

Kaya_01

Original post by Apollo11

Hey, don't appologise! I was simply stating a fact :smile:

I am dying to ask is Kaya short for 'Kalyani'??

haha good one, but no! :P

Reply 91

Still_Learning

Original post by MereBeing

I thought it was predominantly used by Indian people (who happen to be Tamil too), ah well what do I know :s-smilie:

I think that's true, I'm Indian Tamil and we only use this form of 'yes'. Although it could just be that my family are really strange...

Reply 92

senz72

Original post by MereBeing

I thought it was predominantly used by Indian people (who happen to be Tamil too), ah well what do I know :s-smilie:

Yep, it's used mostly by Indian Tamils.

We (my parents) use ohm/om (yes) and illai (no).

But Amaam is correct:

http://wikitravel.org/en/Tamil_phrasebook

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 93

MereBeing

Original post by Susanoo

Maybe, but I've heard my parents use it sometimes. :dontknow:

My mum uses it too but only to sound patronising to me when I am trying to get a serious debate going, which then ends up not so serious :biggrin:

Original post by Still_Learning

I think that's true, I'm Indian Tamil and we only use this form of 'yes'. Although it could just be that my family are really strange...

Ah okay, my family have always associated it with the Indian side of Tamil-ness- probably because they watch too many stereotypical Indian dramas :tongue:

Original post by senz72

Yep, it's used mostly by Indian Tamils.

We (my parents) use ohm/om (yes) and illai (no).

But Amaam is correct:

http://wikitravel.org/en/Tamil_phrasebook

Ah right, thank for confirming that :smile:

I specially love the fact that you can emphasise the 'o' in 'ohm' to tell them (the parents) that you've had enough of their explanations :tongue:

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 94

senz72

Original post by MereBeing

...because they watch too many stereotypical Indian dramas :tongue:

OMG the repetitive scores they play if there's a dramatic scene and there's like an advertisement every few minutes!

Reply 95

MereBeing

Original post by senz72

OMG the repetitive scores they play if there's a dramatic scene and there's like an advertisement every few minutes!

Don't forget the predictable endings! At least they are good with recycling and reusing storylines and plots!

Reply 96

senz72

Original post by MereBeing

Don't forget the predictable endings! At least they are good with recycling and reusing storylines and plots!

For me that's a bad thing. We only have Sri-lankan-UK run channels which means there's news every couple of hours which my parents have to watch!

Reply 97

MereBeing

Original post by senz72

For me that's a bad thing. We only have Sri-lankan-UK run channels which means there's news every couple of hours which my parents have to watch!

I have no idea what channels the parents have now but a couple of months ago they changed from Sun Tv to something less Indian-y- the news is too depressing so I just let the parents watch it and complain to me afterwards, that way I don't have to feel as sad! Oh the mother has discovered the internet so she spends most of the time watching 'dramas' online- poor computer!