I would go with Alien as a matter of principle.taxico wrote:it certainly seems better than having China/HK-style english names...
but having been introduced to a singaporean realtor named Alien Huang some weeks back (yes, "ET go home" ALIEN), i really hope the trend doesn't spread...
needless to say, i chose a Danny over an Alien to represent me.
Mind blown! I had no idea. I thought we spoke the same Tamil?!?! What are some differences?rajagainstthemachine wrote: Pardon me, but what are most S-Tamils opinion about Indians from India?
I quite like the Singaporean Tamil actually, its very polite although old sounding.
I've met Fountain, Seventeen and Jeans. I had a hard time keeping a straight face when I was introduced. I think they pick a Chinese name and then run it through an online translator.Brah wrote:I've heard Precious and Baby, and knew a guy in HK named Dragon Chow, which still makes me chuckle.
But Alien - that tops the list.
Oira wrote:Mind blown! I had no idea. I thought we spoke the same Tamil?!?! What are some differences?rajagainstthemachine wrote: Pardon me, but what are most S-Tamils opinion about Indians from India?
I quite like the Singaporean Tamil actually, its very polite although old sounding.
I know spoken Lankan Tamil is almost like written Tamil. I thought they are the ones who spoke the old Tamil.
Yearajagainstthemachine wrote:Oira wrote:Mind blown! I had no idea. I thought we spoke the same Tamil?!?! What are some differences?rajagainstthemachine wrote: Pardon me, but what are most S-Tamils opinion about Indians from India?
I quite like the Singaporean Tamil actually, its very polite although old sounding.
I know spoken Lankan Tamil is almost like written Tamil. I thought they are the ones who spoke the old Tamil.
I'm no expert myself. my ancestors were Tamils who lived in Kerala for hundreds of years my parents moved from Kerala to Bangalore where I was born and I don't know Tamil or Malayalam in great detail but my Kannada is better than my Tamil and Malayalam,
The Tamil thats spoken in Bangalore is different to the Tamil spoken in say Madras.
Tamil in Bangalore not polished its the the urban slang filled stuff. When I came here the first time in 2004 I was a bit shocked to find every talking to each other so politely I wasn't used to it.![]()
The Tamil spoken in Sri Lanka is quite different too I think its either mixed with Sinhalese or it has lots of old Tamil in it.
Edit: Your first post was in this thread to specifically ask about this ?
I do. I don't have Sun TV but I have Vijay TV. I notice that they go out of their way to incorporate English into their Tamil. On Vasantham, they speak whole sentences in Tamil and then whole sentences in English. But from what I've seen on Vijay, it's very half and half. Whatever floats their boat I guess. But I am basing all of this on the small handful of programs I've seen on both channels. I live and breathe on the Internet.Wd40 wrote:From, what I know(this is what my tamil friends told me), the Tamil spoken in Singapore is very authentic and unadulterated, compared to that spoken in Tamil Nadu.
Madras Tamil is total crap. But, even the Tamil spoken is the rest of Tamil Nadu has evolved and many of the authentics words have been forgotten. Singaporeans seem to have preserved it.
Oira, Do you have starhub connection? Try subscribing to some of the Indian Tamil channels like Sun TV you will know how different Vasantham Tamil is.
I am from bangalore and can understand a bit of Tamil, but that MRT announcement in Tamil to stand behind the yellow line, I just couldnt understand no matter how many times I tried. My friend then explained to me about it
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