Comments on: Bilingual Blogging http://www.blogocentricity.com/?p=367 Navin Sigamany's blog on life online and in South India Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:26:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: கில்லி - Gilli » Bilingual Blogging - Navin Sigamany http://www.blogocentricity.com/?p=367&cpage=1#comment-2417 கில்லி - Gilli » Bilingual Blogging - Navin Sigamany Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:00:32 +0000 http://www.blogocentricity.com/?p=367#comment-2417 [...] ஆங்கிலத்தில் வலைப்பதிவு செய்து கொண்டிருந்துவிட்டு, தமிழில் குதிப்பதற்கு முன்பு எழுதிய இடுகையிலே, இப்படி எழுதுகிறார்… Along the way came to urge to blog in Tamil. The main reason for this being some wonderful things I experienced which can only be explained to the fullest in the tongue in which it was said. Spoken Tamil is a language in which it is relatively easy to pun, and native speakers do so all the time. In urban contexts, the spoken tongue is peppered with Tamilized words from other languages, English and Hindi being notable contributors. This gives rise to a whole new world of punning, sometimes even unintentional! That said, navigating the cultural cake-mix that is today’s Chennai is an exciting affair, especially if you are a language gourmand like I’ve become. And that is one of the reasons why the thought of blogging bilingually excites me. [...] [...] ஆங்கிலத்தில் வலைப்பதிவு செய்து கொண்டிருந்துவிட்டு, தமிழில் குதிப்பதற்கு முன்பு எழுதிய இடுகையிலே, இப்படி எழுதுகிறார்… Along the way came to urge to blog in Tamil. The main reason for this being some wonderful things I experienced which can only be explained to the fullest in the tongue in which it was said. Spoken Tamil is a language in which it is relatively easy to pun, and native speakers do so all the time. In urban contexts, the spoken tongue is peppered with Tamilized words from other languages, English and Hindi being notable contributors. This gives rise to a whole new world of punning, sometimes even unintentional! That said, navigating the cultural cake-mix that is today’s Chennai is an exciting affair, especially if you are a language gourmand like I’ve become. And that is one of the reasons why the thought of blogging bilingually excites me. [...]

]]> By: Eshwar.J http://www.blogocentricity.com/?p=367&cpage=1#comment-2143 Eshwar.J Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:58:25 +0000 http://www.blogocentricity.com/?p=367#comment-2143 Hello sir vanakkam, Im eshwar, and just came by your blog today, having found one such, for all these days i never found one really good one dedicated to tamil (as a bilingual one). Well im in chennai too, im a chartered/cost accounting student. Although i have seen many blogs from chennai, none had this kinda' bilingual stuff in it. Hope you have a nice time updating it regularly, remember one thing, people reading your blog are increasing day by day. Thanks for sharing things going around you and i bet i can't keep off from it. :) Hello sir vanakkam,

Im eshwar, and just came by your blog today, having found one such, for all these days i never found one really good one dedicated to tamil (as a bilingual one). Well im in chennai too, im a chartered/cost accounting student. Although i have seen many blogs from chennai, none had this kinda’ bilingual stuff in it. Hope you have a nice time updating it regularly, remember one thing, people reading your blog are increasing day by day. Thanks for sharing things going around you and i bet i can’t keep off from it. :)

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