#ask and...i'm not creative

in case anyone missed the post: what’s a “village”

[i kinda wrote this in my tags but further linguistic explanation is always good] 

to the extent the map goes to; there’s three ways of looking at it –

transliteration (and it’s effect on the two below)

colloquial [pechu tamil – what we speak]

written tamil [ezhuthu tamil]

i would say that the map’s probably going with the written word transliterated quite literally.

[the way ‘village’ is written in tamil is “கிராமம்” which transliterated becomes “kiraamam” – which is what’s written on the map.]

but i can’t account for the other languages on the map cause i don’t know their script to vouch for their transliteration, so that might also not be the common case across the map’s words. [though i can say that from my auditory/speech skills, the other languages’ words sound like what the colloquial version would be]

which means then it comes to the colloquial aspect of the tamil word. in tamil nadu [at least], we don’t say it exactly as it’s written, most words are contracted for better flow (i mean what’s the point of colloquial tamil otherwise):

“neengal” often becomes “neenga,” “engaludaiya” becomes “engaloda”

“நீங்கள்” often becomes “நீங்க,” “எங்களுடைய” becomes “எங்களோட”

so in ‘pechu’/colloquial tamil; 

“கிராமம்” is pronounced as “க்ராமம்” out loud

“kiraamam” is pronounced as “graamam/kraamam” out loud

which is where transliteration again comes in: the rule of thumb is that whatever looks pretty is what the language wants – which means "graamam” is the english transliteration of the word that people tend to use – most likely because it looks the best. in line with this rule, however; any of the transliterations can be substituted with a ‘g’ or a ‘k’ depending on personal preference (though it might not be widely/commonly used). 

BUT that’s not necessarily the case for singala tamil, [or sri lankan tamil] because sri lankan tamil often tends to have the word that’s spoken emulate the written word exactly – sticking to a literal pronunciation. which means what’s on the map is actually what they tend to say. [but then again srilanka isn’t referred to on this map so... probably not what they’re angling at]

which means in this case: depending on how you look at the map; 

if it’s a transliteration of the written word exactly, it’s right

if it’s a transliteration of the colloquial term, it’s wrong

HEHEHE breaking things by languages seems to be a habit of ours :D

Madhavan-Jyothika – [H]O[LYSHI]TP [DUMM DUMM DUMM IS MY EVERYTHING]

Vijay-Simran – OTP [again not intense enough but not bad]

Karthik-Rambha – uhhhhhhhhh [i don't know how i feel about this cause i don't like him...]

Rajini-Gouthami – ehhhhhh-wait. [?? ? ?? kamal and gouthami tho-what i don’t know how i feel about this i take it back]

Kamal-Kushboo – WAITTTT. [I DONT KNOW. ABOUT THIS EITHER.]

Arya-Santhanam – BROTP.

i’ve answered the other two so i’ll do just amsterdam :)

Amsterdam: What is your ideal night out?

the basis of 3 is definitely what defines it as in essence a “cult film” – not to mention the obvious perks of 

why this kolaveri di

the collaboration of a “kamal” offspring and a “rajini” offspring

the obvious talent of dhanush

it’s a hard-hitting film especially when the kollywood silver screen isn’t used to portrayals of psychological disorders in a lasting relationship [sethu doesn’t necessarily fit into niche, and neither does anniyan] and i can’t attest to the accuracy of the bipolar disorder’s portrayal [even though i studied it in psych]

OKAY I’LL BE NICE THIS TIME [maybe? who knows]

OKAY FIRST OFF I WAS LIKE HOW DARE @ YOU I WAS LIKE WHAT DOCTOR WHAT SURGERY, but okay let me think:

one man pretends he’s another man but he’s the same man and he falls in love with his boss’s daughter but the boss doesn’t like that so he sets the man up with his daughter

alright, alright, alright ;)