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20 October 2010

தமிழில் க(ka/ga), ப(pa/ba), ட(ta/da), த(tha/dha) -Tamil contextual pronunciation?

தமிழில் க(ka/ga/ha), ப(pa/ba), (ta/da), த(tha/dha)

Some of my friends believe that there is no "gha" in tamil and there is only "kha", only "pa" and no "bha", only "ta" and no "da", only "tha" and no "dha"

But I pronounce differently depending on the word/context

அகற முதல எழுத்தெல்லாம் ஆதி
பகவன் முதற்றே உலகு

aghara muthala yeluthellaam aadhi
bhaghavan muthatrey ulaghu


ஆம்பல் - aambhaல்
விருந்தோம்பல் - virunthombal
பலா - palaa
நிபுணர் - Nibhunar
கடலூர் - cuddalore
கட்டுமரம் - kattumaram

எது சரி ?

06 April 2010

English == UK || English==USA ?


I know sometimes UK is called as English. For the first time, I saw US as being called as English. So Googlificially, by default, English is US English, not UK English. No wonder there are more people in USA, India, and Nigeria than in UK, who can speak English!

17 June 2009

White ignored in India?

Four coloured tri-colour flag. (நான்கு வண்ண மூவர்ணக்கொடி)



Is it because white is not considered as a colour?



No. The wheel is not considered!

It is composed of three colours with a meaning and a navy-blue wheel in the center. Mexico and Croatia also have tri-colour flags with more than 3 colours! See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolour

27 January 2009

carom: one-sided game

One-sided game could mean something different in some games! In carom, it could mean that all the coins are all in one side of the board!

And yes, one-sided games in carom have high probability of becoming one-sided games! :)