Comments on: Sextalingual http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:06:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Kingsley http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1623 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1623 I'm a basta-lingual. I can speak bastardized versions of any language I've listened to for 3 days. I’m a basta-lingual. I can speak bastardized versions of any language I’ve listened to for 3 days.

]]> by: Niket http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1624 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1624 When I initially read "sextalingual," I presumed languages gave you orgasms. :-) Perhaps thats coz I am basta-lingual like Kingsley... or may be the only time I took English seriously was prior to my GRE. I am a true multi-lingual. When I talk to my friends, its a mixture of Hindi, Marathi and English. Shudh bhasa appunne kabhi seekhi hi nahi. When I initially read “sextalingual,” I presumed languages gave you orgasms. :-)

Perhaps thats coz I am basta-lingual like Kingsley… or may be the only time I took English seriously was prior to my GRE.

I am a true multi-lingual. When I talk to my friends, its a mixture of Hindi, Marathi and English. Shudh bhasa appunne kabhi seekhi hi nahi.

]]> by: Dilip http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1625 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1625 Ha! Then I am a linguistic version of serial killer! I can kill any language unknown to me within minutes after listening to it for the first time simply by speaking it! cool, huh? Ha! Then I am a linguistic version of serial killer! I can kill any language unknown to me within minutes after listening to it for the first time simply by speaking it! cool, huh?

]]> by: Gaurav http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1626 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1626 You mean your marathi is better than your gujarati? If Bal Thackeray heard this he would french-kiss you in public. :) You mean your marathi is better than your gujarati?

If Bal Thackeray heard this he would french-kiss you in public. :)

]]> by: Ravikiran Rao http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1627 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1627 Tulu is a full-fledged language. The only way it could be a dialect is if Tamil were also a dialect of Kannada. And as I was saying, I was talking of languages I was exposed to in *childhood*. That way I can also understand Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil Sanskrit now. Tulu is a full-fledged language. The only way it could be a dialect is if Tamil were also a dialect of Kannada.
And as I was saying, I was talking of languages I was exposed to in *childhood*. That way I can also understand Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil Sanskrit now.

]]> by: Yazad http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1628 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1628 Kings, Niket, Dilip, LOL! BTW, orgasms have a language of their own but as my mother occasionally reads this blog, I shall leave the expression of the language to your imagination! Gaurav, yes. I need to quickly brush up my Gujju as a French kiss from BT is NOT what I want in the least. Ravi, I too learnt all the languages in childhood. The latest was French which I started learning at the age of 12. Kings, Niket, Dilip, LOL!

BTW, orgasms have a language of their own but as my mother occasionally reads this blog, I shall leave the expression of the language to your imagination!

Gaurav, yes. I need to quickly brush up my Gujju as a French kiss from BT is NOT what I want in the least.

Ravi, I too learnt all the languages in childhood. The latest was French which I started learning at the age of 12.

]]> by: Kingsley http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1629 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1629 Does Tulu have a script? Doesn't it use the Kannada one? I know it's fairly different from Telugu and slightly different from Kannada, but I've always seen it mentioned as a dialect. Does Tulu have a script? Doesn’t it use the Kannada one? I know it’s fairly different from Telugu and slightly different from Kannada, but I’ve always seen it mentioned as a dialect.

]]> by: Dilip http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1630 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1630 Ravi Was that a flippant remark or is there some truth to Tamil being a dialect of Kannada? I have read no such background anywhere. I only know that Malayalam was an off-shoot of a dialect of Tamil (can't remember the name..) Ravi

Was that a flippant remark or is there some truth to Tamil being a dialect of Kannada? I have read no such background anywhere. I only know that Malayalam was an off-shoot of a dialect of Tamil (can’t remember the name..)

]]> by: Ravikiran http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1631 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1631 I only meant to say that Tulu is as different from Kannada as Tamil is from Kannada. Trust me, the only reason there is any confusion at all about whether it is a different language or not is that it doesn't have a state of its own, or a script of its own for that matter. But if someone were speaking in Tulu, a Kannada speaker would have as much difficulty in understanding as he would have in understanding Tamil or Malayalam. And the vice versa case is rare because you won't find a Tulu speaker who doesn't know Kannada, except children of migrants who've lived out of Karnataka all their lives. Then they don't understand Kannada at all. I only meant to say that Tulu is as different from Kannada as Tamil is from Kannada. Trust me, the only reason there is any confusion at all about whether it is a different language or not is that it doesn’t have a state of its own, or a script of its own for that matter. But if someone were speaking in Tulu, a Kannada speaker would have as much difficulty in understanding as he would have in understanding Tamil or Malayalam. And the vice versa case is rare because you won’t find a Tulu speaker who doesn’t know Kannada, except children of migrants who’ve lived out of Karnataka all their lives. Then they don’t understand Kannada at all.

]]> by: Ravikiran http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1632 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.yazadjal.com/2004/06/16/sextalingual/#comment-1632 By way of comparison, Konkani is treated as a separate language from Marathi even though a Marathi speaker can at least follow a conversation in Konkani. Tulu and Kannada are much more different. By way of comparison, Konkani is treated as a separate language from Marathi even though a Marathi speaker can at least follow a conversation in Konkani. Tulu and Kannada are much more different.

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