tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14833628.post112533651241944979..comments2023-10-16T02:45:11.803-07:00Comments on Mitr's Ideas from Bay Area: A Hectic Weekend and Humari Mathru Bhashamitr_bayareahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156820815603687410noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14833628.post-1125414874423076802005-08-30T08:14:00.000-07:002005-08-30T08:14:00.000-07:00Priya, thanks for dropping by at my blog-welc...Priya,<BR/> thanks for dropping by at my blog-welcome to the community. "Humarai Mathru Bassha" means our mother tongue or in my case, our national language.mitr_bayareahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156820815603687410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14833628.post-1125374629823523502005-08-29T21:03:00.000-07:002005-08-29T21:03:00.000-07:00Honestly speaking, I don't know to talk Hindi.. Ju...Honestly speaking, I don't know to talk Hindi.. Just I used to watch movies and understand, since I was exposed to Tamil only as my second language, during my school days.<BR/><BR/>So, whenever I go to some gathering, I take the initiative of talking in English itself without letting them to talk much in Hindi. If they do it continously, I try to leave that place as quick as possible... to be practical.Ram Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296618791262642731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14833628.post-1125365850822767552005-08-29T18:37:00.000-07:002005-08-29T18:37:00.000-07:00ingiyum the 'ultra peters ' when these girls talk ...ingiyum the 'ultra peters ' when these girls talk to a street vendon, they speak in tamil a strained verion in an accent which some1 who has learnt the langauge wud use, or a vellaikaraan, but they will be proper tamilians!<BR/><BR/>if ppl speak in hindi when i am round (i dont udnerstand it) i walk away, and then they either switch to english,otherwise i tell them to switch to english as i don tunderstand the langauge in crude terms!ada-paavi!!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/07591425576772654784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14833628.post-1125354438093967052005-08-29T15:27:00.000-07:002005-08-29T15:27:00.000-07:00Hi ttg, seems like a nice defensive mechanis...Hi ttg,<BR/> seems like a nice defensive mechanism.....i tried doing that except the last part-"switch to tamil"..didn't wanna come across more rude than i already appeared with a bored almost "when can we go home" expression on my face...mitr_bayareahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156820815603687410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14833628.post-1125352372211953452005-08-29T14:52:00.000-07:002005-08-29T14:52:00.000-07:00I hear you and amen to that.When someone comes up ...I hear you and amen to that.<BR/><BR/>When someone comes up to me and speaks in hindi, I politely tell them that I don't know it and proceed to speak in english. If they persist, I reply in tamil.tt_gianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177501911411505253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14833628.post-1125345897393772982005-08-29T13:04:00.000-07:002005-08-29T13:04:00.000-07:00hmm..thanks for your thoughts, its interesting to ...hmm..thanks for your thoughts, its interesting to see that others have also had similar experiences with hindi pesara makkal.mitr_bayareahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156820815603687410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14833628.post-1125344154894385232005-08-29T12:35:00.000-07:002005-08-29T12:35:00.000-07:00well said, Mitr.. As I had promised you, I visited...well said, Mitr.. As I had promised you, I visited your blog, though one day late. Nice posts.. <BR/><BR/>Most of the Hindi-speaking people are truly irritating bunch of nerds.. I second all your thoughts.. Nothing more to add to it... Their mentality is like that..Rajuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418250195928583761noreply@blogger.com