Can non-Indians win spelling bee? Beats me too, How can Indians learn million languages of their own and learn English additionally to an extent of winning spelling bee? Apparently they do, with “yemm..wo..wo and then yenn”. If you look at other side of this, Spelling bee cannot be conducted in any Indian languages. Only English … Continue reading Can non-Indians win spelling bee?
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oota ayta
"Saaptaccahaa..?""uNu Kazhinyo."kabar kecho..""kalei vanakkam..""kee gal he..""nandri""bhojanam ayinda .." etc. etc. .. But nobody ever asked me "oota ayta, saar". whats wrong with my language yaar! update: In depth analysis
ರಾಮೇಶ್ವರಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದ್ರೂ…
"ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಸಾರ್" "ಹೆಲೊ..???" "ನಾನು ದಿವಾಕರ್ , ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ ಸಾರ್.. ನೀವು ಬೆಂಗ್ಳೂರಾ?" "ದಿವಾಕರ್ ...?? ಯಾರು ಗೊತ್ತಾಗ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ" "ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕಾಲರ್ ಟ್ಯೂನ್ ಕನ್ನಡ ಕೇಳಿ , ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ಅಂದ್ಕೊಂಡೆ.. ಡಿಸ್ಟರ್ಬ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ನಾ ಸಾರ್?" "ಇಲ್ಲ ಪರ್ವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ... ಏನು ಬೇಕಾಗಿತ್ತು ಹೇಳಿ" "ಸಾರ್ , ನಿಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ... ಐಸಿಐಸಿಐ ಕಾರ್ಡು ಇದೆಯಾ ಸಾರ್" " ...???"
Another Typo in Wikipedia’s Logo Fractures the Kannada too
I know Devanagari but I never noticed this typo., never until I dug this story. Its a zig saw puzzle , with "wi" written all over its block with different languages Wikipedia supporting in their own script. NYTimes said "this time, however, they are not examples of vandalism at the user-created site but typographical errors … Continue reading Another Typo in Wikipedia’s Logo Fractures the Kannada too
Keep your words sweet
Keep your words sweet - you may have to eat them sometime. There is one very similar subhashita in Sanskrit, which always been my favorite. प्रियवाक्यप्रदानेन सर्वे तुश्यंति जंतवः | तस्मात्तदेव वक्तव्यं वचने का दरीद्रता || (To read: priyavAkyapradAnEna sarvE tushanti jantavah tasmattadEva vaktavyam vachanE ka darIdratA ) All living creatures love listening to you, … Continue reading Keep your words sweet
The Bach 