I'm very glad it's got the Tamil letters, because the transliterations are confusing.
I know some of the words in Tamil but not others. Very interesting!
I never thought about the fact that mango came from the Dravidian. Just made sense that it was called the same thing somehow. I suppose I assumed it was called that in all languages... ;-)
Oh, and my mom comes from Salem which is one of the cities famous for its mangoes in India! But I've only ever been there once towards the end of the main mango season. Apparently it's April/May. We always went for summer vacation after school ended. March/April's the hottest part of the year.
Sorry to ramble. But that page is cool. Thanks for thinking of me!
The transliterations are in National Library at Kolkata romanization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_at_Kolkata_romanization), which is a standard way of romanizing Indic scripts.
Well, sure, they might be standard. But I've never studied Tamil as a linguist, or indeed, as someone in the English-speaking world. So I'm not familiar with the ways the language (or any Indian languages) are transliterated and it's confusing to me.
I have studied Tamil as a Tamilian by ancestry(not that I'm that great at it, or I'd probably get the transliterations), so I do know the Tamil alphabet. So those are much simpler for me to understand, rather than having to figure out which Tamil character the romanized letters are supposed to represent. :-) Mostly, I was just saying it was nice to see the Tamil characters because they're easier for me rather than having to struggle with the romanized versions!
By the way, I just realized that you're the person that wrote that blog entry.
To clarify, my comment about having the characters there rather than just the transliterations wasn't a criticism of the entry, rather a compliment. I like seeing the original characters! (and the fact that I was confused by the transliterations is my problem, not yours)
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Date: 2008-03-02 03:36 pm (UTC)Very cool! Thanks!
(yes, behind as usual, but very glad I saw it! Now to go read it thoroughly! It's even got the Tamil letters!)
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Date: 2008-03-02 03:42 pm (UTC)I'm very glad it's got the Tamil letters, because the transliterations are confusing.
I know some of the words in Tamil but not others. Very interesting!
I never thought about the fact that mango came from the Dravidian. Just made sense that it was called the same thing somehow. I suppose I assumed it was called that in all languages... ;-)
Oh, and my mom comes from Salem which is one of the cities famous for its mangoes in India! But I've only ever been there once towards the end of the main mango season. Apparently it's April/May. We always went for summer vacation after school ended. March/April's the hottest part of the year.
Sorry to ramble. But that page is cool. Thanks for thinking of me!
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Date: 2008-04-23 05:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-04-24 07:47 am (UTC)Well, sure, they might be standard. But I've never studied Tamil as a linguist, or indeed, as someone in the English-speaking world. So I'm not familiar with the ways the language (or any Indian languages) are transliterated and it's confusing to me.
I have studied Tamil as a Tamilian by ancestry(not that I'm that great at it, or I'd probably get the transliterations), so I do know the Tamil alphabet. So those are much simpler for me to understand, rather than having to figure out which Tamil character the romanized letters are supposed to represent. :-) Mostly, I was just saying it was nice to see the Tamil characters because they're easier for me rather than having to struggle with the romanized versions!
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Date: 2008-04-24 07:53 am (UTC)By the way, I just realized that you're the person that wrote that blog entry.
To clarify, my comment about having the characters there rather than just the transliterations wasn't a criticism of the entry, rather a compliment. I like seeing the original characters! (and the fact that I was confused by the transliterations is my problem, not yours)
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Date: 2008-04-24 05:32 pm (UTC)