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Evolution (this time linguistic)
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- Karthik Narasimhan
- @nkarthik
Sujatha writes (link requires registration) about how some commonly used English words have been transmogrified into Tamil, with bizarre consequences.
An “assault” job, is a job done effortlessly, nonchalantly. You can do such things only if you are unperturbed by the “tilers” – unimportant pretenders.
When you have a feeling” for someone you are actually upset.And then the old classic – repair* something and it is broken – you probably need a “drinks” or two to drown your feelings.
Another reason to let the language grow. A few centuries from now a Tamil dictionary will list these as Tamil words (with an quick little etymological bow to English…)