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4, 31, 46!

4. what are you looking forward to?

Summer break!!!!!!!

31. 3 random facts

already answered, but I’ll do three more:

1. Tamil is older than Hindi, even older than Sanskrit. It’s tied for the world’s oldest surviving language along with Classical Chinese.

2. Your tongue adjusts to the language you speak most frequently once you’re around 7 years of age. That’s why people who pick up a new language later on in life retain an accent no matter how much they continue speaking it from that point onward. This is also everyone’s daily reminder to not be an asshole to people with accents or who can’t speak English well.

3. McDonald’s fries taste so good because they actually use food perfumes, which are sprayed onto the product before it is frozen and later fried. Most of taste comes from smell, and that’s why they’re so irresistible.

46. what my last text message says

a bunch of heart emojis

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Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is the new year of the Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese people but by most Sri Lankans. The timing of the Sinhala New Year coincides with the new year celebrations of many traditional calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The festival has close semblance to the Tamil New year, Thai New year, Bengali New Year, Cambodian New Year, Lao New Year, Thingyan in Myanmar and Oriya New Year festival in India.[1] It is a public holiday in Sri Lanka. It is generally celebrated on 13 April or 14 April.

Puthandu (Tamil: புத்தாண்டு), or better known as Tamil New Year, is the celebration of the first day of the Tamil new year in mid-April by Tamils in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in India, in Sri Lanka and by the Tamil population in Malaysia, Singapore, Réunion and Mauritius. On this day, Tamil people greet each other by saying “Puthandu Vazthukal” ( புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள் ) or “Iniya Tamizh Puthandu Nalvaazhthukkal” (இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்). The festive occasion is in keeping with the Hindu solar calendar.

Poila Boishakh (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ, or Bengali New Year Bengali: বাংলা নববর্ষ, Bangla Nôbobôrsho), occurring on 15 April[1] , is the first day of the Bengali calendar, celebrated in the Bangladesh and in the Indian state of West Bengal, by the Bengali people and also by minor Bengali communities in other Indian states, including Assam, Tripura, Jharkhand and Orrisa. It coincides with the New Year’s days of numerous Southern Asian calendars like Tamil new year Puthandu. The traditional greeting for Bengali New Year is শুভ নববর্ষ “Shubhô Nôbobôrsho” which is literally “Happy New Year”.

Happy New Year to Sri Lankans, Indians, Bangladeshis, Nepalese and everyone else who celebrates!!!

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Vogue Wedding Show Highlights 2015

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“Brown people don’t party hard? Umm… our wedding celebrations last longer than some of your actual marriages.”

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Holi is a major festival in the Hindu religion. It is celebrated on the day after the last full moon of the Hindu month of Phalguna. Phalguna falls between late February and early March in Western calendars. Holi usually marks the happy transition from harsh, dark winter to brighter, warmer springtime.

Holi celebrates the Hindu story of Prahlada. Prahlada was a prince dedicated to the worship of Vishnu, a major Hindu god. Prahlada’s father and aunt opposed his religious faith, and as punishment made him sit in the middle of a raging bonfire. Vishnu protected Prahlada, and the prince did not burn.

Bonfires remain a part of Holi rituals today. However, the most striking aspect of the festival is the spraying of brightly colored powders and water in enormous public celebrations. The colors mark both Prahlada’s flickering bonfire and the bright colors associated with spring.

The “Festival of Colors” is also a time for Hindus to relax social codes. Barriers between rich and poor, men and women, young and old are broken down by Holi’s bright colors. A familiar saying is bura na mano, Holi hai—don’t be offended, it’s Holi !

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Tamil Dialects: Sri Lankan

Hello! Today we’ll be kicking off our dialect series with Sri Lankan (or இலங்கை [Ilankai]) Tamil!

(alternatively titled, Kaadhu’s sri lankan “standard” (jaffna/yaazhpaanam) dialect that’s probably canadianized & indianized oops)

“Translation” of our Standard Phrase:

வணக்கம். என்ட பெயர் _____. நான் யாழ்ப்பாணத்தில் இருக்கிறேன். நீங்க எப்படி இருக்கிறீங்க? சாப்பிடீங்களா?

[Vanakkam. Enda peyar ____. Naan yaazhpanathill irukkiren. Neenga eppadi irukareenga? Saapiteengala?]

Additions:

Jaffna/Yaazhpanam SL Tamil

The key thing is where Indians use ‘ennoda’ to simplify ‘ennudaiya’ we use ‘enda’

The yaazhpanam accent is ‘truer’ to formal Tamil, it’s been more ‘preserved’ than other accents

For example ‘ச’: Indians alternate between pronouncing it as ‘cha’ and ‘sa’ while SLs always say ‘sa’. Same goes for ‘க’ (‘ka’ ‘ga’ vs. always ‘ka’)

Apparently Jaffna Tamil sounds like Malayalam to Indians

We do use -allo? as a suffix sometimes, Tamil more casually and less frequently (but more often than the Indian -le?) than Malayalam

Also the ‘enda’ sounds a lot like the Malayalam ‘ente’ and is used the same way (“mine”), except ‘enda’ is a short/slang for for ‘ennudaiya’

We (meaning SL in general) also have a lot of terms for ‘white people things’ that have roots in Portuguese. These terms either do not exist or aren’t used commonly in Indian Tamil, which I found out the hard way:

கதிரை [Kathirai] = chair (which in formal tamil is நாற்காலி [naarkaali] or ‘has four legs’)

மேசை [Mesai] = table

சப்பாத்து [Sappathu] = shoe (which is different from செருப்பு [seruppu], meaning sandals)

பாண் [Paan] = bread (which is different from roti)

Mattakalappu/Batticoloa SL Tamil

A very recognizable and very unique SL Tamil dialect

Instead of ‘angey/ingey’ they say ‘aangettu/eingettu’

If you can read Tamil (you should after following currylangs lol) here’s a book of words unique to this dialect!

Negombo SL Tamil

A hybrid dialect of Tamil and Sinhalese, spoken by a population in West SL (which is traditionally Sinhalese territory) who usually ID as Sinhalese but have Tamil ancestry

Other SL Dialects

Colombo, Vanni etc

Also just a note there is a decent sized population of Burghers (that is, Eurasians of Dutch/Portugese/British descent who vary from appearing like Europeans to looking exactly like other Sri Lankans. I believe they mainly speak English though)

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Meenakshi Amman drawing … *u*

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Tamil Dialects: India - Chennai

Hello! Today we’ll be continuing our dialect series with Chennai (or Madras Baashai) Tamil! (there may be some phrases that aren’t unique to Chennai but are to Indian Tamil in general)

(a big thank you to @hiranyaksha and @adiyaathi who helped us out with this post!)

“Translation” of our Standard Phrase

ஏன் பேரு __ நான் அந்தாண்ட __ல இருக்கேன், நீ எப்படி இருக்க? சோறு துன்டியா?

[yen peru _____ naan anthaanda ____la irukken, nee yeppadiya irka? soru thunntiya?]

Generally considered a “working class” dialect, and a common source of satire in Tamil films (see also: Chennai Express)

literally the main dialect in tamil films which are…. Based in kodambakkam

Many loanwords/colloquialisms from Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Telugu etc

Spoken mostly in Northern Tamil Nadu (which might explain why there are so many other languages mixed in here)

Probably the closest regional dialect to Brahmin Tamil

Uses “-kittu” for present tense.

Ex: Vanthukittrukken (“I’m coming.”) as opposed to Vanthukondu irukkindren in formal Tamil, or vanthukondu irukkiren in a less formal collquialism

The Chennai accent is often a spectrum that changes depending on situation. In a formal event, for example, it’s fine to use distinct grammar like “-kittu” but improper to use many loanwords unique to Chennai Tamil as opposed to other dialects of Tamil.

Using the full spectrum of Chennai Tamil words and phrases is called speaking “Lokkal(Local)/Pattarai Tamil” and is often considered offensive or improper in formal situations or when conversing with elders.

The letters “zha” ழ, “la” ல, and “La” ள are often pronounced the same way in Chennai Tamil, though not as frequently as it is in Madurai Tamil.

Adding “-u” to the end of words ending in consonants is part of the accent, along with adding -u to English words.

A lot of people in Chennai speak English, though…a little too often than what’s necessary.

like using ‘figure’ to describe a girl (like how ‘chick’ is used in the west’), ‘correct’ as in ‘make a (girl) fall for you’, ‘mass’ meaning ‘commercial’

Examples of unique words:

Kunthikittu - sitting

Pakkaa - exact

OC - free (originates from Order of Company - British East India term)

Alekka - swift

Galeeji - gross, from Urdu “galeej”

Angaanda - over there

Ingaanda - over here

Ais/Ice-u - (from “Ice”) flattery

Golmaal - fishy business (from Hindi)

Vettu - Bribe

Kasmaalam - despicable being (from Sanskrit “kasmalam”)