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This is harder than I thought! I thought it would be easier to keep this blog updated. I thought ideas would just float into my head. They didn't. At least not so far.
So, here's the plan. Every time I don't get anything to say, I am going to transliterate a Tamil quote or proverb into English.
Years ago we had a manager who had, shall we say, a little trouble with English grammar. It seemed that his internal monologue was Tamil and he was transliterating everything into English on the fly. The result was hilarious. That's the inspiration of posts like these. I will categorize these posts as #tamiltransliterations.
Transliterating is not translating. Most translation tools found on the web do this. "To be or not to be" from English to German translates to "Zu sein oder zu nicht sein" and the same from German to English translates to "To be or be to not". Subtle, but hilarious.
So here we go. I'll start with my favorite Tamil quote.
Quote - "Ellu na ennai ya vandu nikkanam". (எள்ளு ந என்னைய வந்து நிகனம் ) Intended meaning - "Do more than what is expected of you." OR "...going the extra mile". Transliterate - "Sesame seeds means you should come and stand oil".
Oh by the way. I had a blogspot years ago meant for just such a thing. I am borrowing stuff from there.