The 'ch' sound is German has an equivalent letter in Tamil that looks thus: ஃ
I am not kidding. That is how it is. It is one of those letters that is preserved carefully in brine and taken out and used only in rare occasions.
There was a group staging Brecht plays in Tamil in Chennai a few years back. I remember reading their flyer in my college notice board with the ஃ expanded to look disproportionately huge.
Don't know what they were trying to go for. If read that way one would have to let out a long fearsome hiss before the name can be pronounced.
Hmm... my brain is still in brine right now, but they prolly did it to help people learn how to pronounce it... loud hiss or not. Anyway, dagalti finally resurfaces... with a comment longer than the post.. welcome back!
//Anyway, dagalti finally resurfaces// A little bird says it may have something to do with the relative accessibility of this post vis-avis other recent ones
//with a comment longer than the post.//Pardon the name dropping ahead ... (but hey you started it !) Roland Barthes once wrote a 200 page essay analyzing a 20 page short story by Balzac.It's all in the game in..ahem...postmodernism.
He does! Hehe..you're very funny :) You must listen to German numbers - the ones like sechundzwanzig and funfundsechzig . They come in handy for evenings of self entertainment. I just say them out loud to amuse myself and then I start coughing.
Remember that fantastic performance of Brecht's Galileo by the kannada theatre group Ninasam at MCC? Man! They were good.
checks in, reads comments, tries to pronounce the name taking some cue from the informative comments, spurts out random noises that sounds as much German as Pali,reads the comments again, nods vehemently with or without understanding what is or isn't going on, laughs at Padma's comment (first para only, second para keeps nodding again),and gets back to reading a fucking brilliant prelude to Autobots and Decepticons....:D
Some things absolutely alien to analytical essays and postmodern drama (i think.... OF COURSE i am not sure!)..... some Germans, however, over the years would love to get their hands on at least one of them though..... but thats another story altogether :)
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The 'ch' sound is German has an equivalent letter in Tamil that looks thus: ஃ
I am not kidding. That is how it is. It is one of those letters that is preserved carefully in brine and taken out and used only in rare occasions.
There was a group staging Brecht plays in Tamil in Chennai a few years back. I remember reading their flyer in my college notice board with the ஃ expanded to look disproportionately huge.
Don't know what they were trying to go for. If read that way one would have to let out a long fearsome hiss before the name can be pronounced.
Hmm... my brain is still in brine right now, but they prolly did it to help people learn how to pronounce it... loud hiss or not. Anyway, dagalti finally resurfaces... with a comment longer than the post.. welcome back!
//Anyway, dagalti finally resurfaces//
A little bird says it may have something to do with the relative accessibility of this post vis-avis other recent ones
//with a comment longer than the post.//Pardon the name dropping ahead ... (but hey you started it !)
Roland Barthes once wrote a 200 page essay analyzing a 20 page short story by Balzac.It's all in the game in..ahem...postmodernism.
:D
my god dagalti. you are pretty. shes right. the name dropping did it for me. ;)
K.
Er.. i object to using my blog as a platform to flirt.. especially if I'm not one of em :)
He does! Hehe..you're very funny :)
You must listen to German numbers - the ones like sechundzwanzig and funfundsechzig . They come in handy for evenings of self entertainment. I just say them out loud to amuse myself and then I start coughing.
Remember that fantastic performance of Brecht's Galileo by the kannada theatre group Ninasam at MCC? Man! They were good.
ayyo.. yes ya ma... long long ago it was.. how come u remembered off??
hows are the german lessons? im guessing your evening ARE pretty amusing. im still recovering from "padma, jump!!"
checks in, reads comments, tries to pronounce the name taking some cue from the informative comments, spurts out random noises that sounds as much German as Pali,reads the comments again, nods vehemently with or without understanding what is or isn't going on, laughs at Padma's comment (first para only, second para keeps nodding again),and gets back to reading a fucking brilliant prelude to Autobots and Decepticons....:D
Danke and auf wiedersehen.. :P
As long as its amusing... hey, im just glad i have so many comments on a two liner. Must say, this is quite a good attention seeking mechanism.
Autobots and Deceptions, whaa??
Some things absolutely alien to analytical essays and postmodern drama (i think.... OF COURSE i am not sure!)..... some Germans, however, over the years would love to get their hands on at least one of them though..... but thats another story altogether :)
Hmm.. incredibly informative I must say. Understood. Everything. No, really!
Neel, you are pretty. She's right. The laughing at the first paragraph of my comment did it for me. ;) :):)
And you are pwetty too best friend!! mmuah!
(Since you are one of the flirtees, this comment is allowed, or isn't it?)
Haaw.. multiple digs in one shot!! Your prettiness knows no bounds, I say!! tut tut... someone needs to retort. Much fun this is!
Tche! Sooparrrr macheee!!
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