my new Telugu teacher

billyshake · Aug 2nd, 2008, 19:05

I just hired a Telugu teacher to tutor me on weekends. She might be the nicest person I've ever met. Seriously, it's like I found an Indian Marry Poppins.

I can't wait to dig my teeth into the language. Problem is, I just found out that the script I'm writing for my company will be shot in Tamil, damnit. I had assumed it would be translated into Telugu. Oh well, I live in Hyd so I'll learn the Telugu. By this time next year, I'll be Telu-goofy! ..... Okay, I'm incredibly ashamed of that pun and you all should turn your backs on me like they do to wayward cadets at West Point.

Nick-H · Aug 2nd, 2008, 20:28

Respect!

--- from a linguistic duffer

.

Hyderabadi · Aug 2nd, 2008, 20:37

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Originally Posted by billyshake

I'll be Telu-goofy! .....

Congratulations!

Morelikely you'll be Telugufied.

Just for fun, ask Ms. Telugupoppins to teach you how to pronounce the three 'S' sounds.

After you master that, more fun intended, ask her about how to pronounce the second part of : గురు దక్షిణ.

OTOH, she may have already mentioned that to you.

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Seriously, it's like I found an Indian Marry Poppins.

Marry?

singsub · Aug 2nd, 2008, 20:38

goodluck.

and if you want to knwo what sulli means dont ask mary poppins, ask me.

Hal · Aug 2nd, 2008, 21:20

Congratulations. Can she teach you the head bob, too?

singsub · Aug 2nd, 2008, 22:21

depends on how familiar she is with hemingway's "for whom the head wobbles"

Hyderabadi · Aug 2nd, 2008, 23:17

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Originally Posted by singsub

goodluck.

and if you want to knwo what sulli means dont ask mary poppins, ask me.

Asking, you. What?

A sullied profile??

Hyderabadi · Aug 2nd, 2008, 23:35

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Originally Posted by Hyderabadi

Asking, you. What?

A sullied profile??

Someone just PMed me translating that you were talking about yourself!

Brilliant,just brilliant, Singsub!

billyshake · Aug 3rd, 2008, 00:12

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Originally Posted by singsub

goodluck.

and if you want to knwo what sulli means dont ask mary poppins, ask me.

well now someone has to tell me! is it pronounced suh-lee or sue-lee? and can it be worn as a fancy go-to-church outfit? can it be spread on toast? is it be done while smoking a peace pipe?

singsub · Aug 3rd, 2008, 00:15

er,... why dont you go and ask marry poppins and report back the resultsw here?? that may be the last lesson she teaches you

Nick-H · Aug 3rd, 2008, 00:17

I have long since learnt, when advised by a 'friend' to go and say some words in their language to a stranger, that only embarrassment, coupled with amusement for the schoolboys present, can result.

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er,... why dont you go and ask marry poppins and report back the resultsw here?? that may be the last lesson she teaches you

Ahem, yes... schoolboys.

billyshake · Aug 3rd, 2008, 00:29

Yeah, I've already been tricked once in India (many times in other countries), saying something to the effect of 'spank the monkey' to our receptionist when I thought it was more like 'hello, miss.'

I'm pretty excited for my lesson tomorrow. I don't expect to master Telugu, of course, but I'm looking forward to the work of it. A new language is like a really intricate code to be figured out slowly, ya know?

Nick-H · Aug 3rd, 2008, 01:10

If I could approach languages like that, I'd probably succeed in learning one!

Are you going to try the writing? I'm told it is a particularly difficult and complicated script.

But it is said to be a poetic language, and many of the songs of carnatic music are written in it.

Hyderabadi · Aug 3rd, 2008, 04:04

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Originally Posted by billyshake

well now someone has to tell me!

It's like - Sul-llee.

HTH.

skk · Aug 3rd, 2008, 04:24

well, I'm gonna complain - my tax dollars ain't worth much when the US taxpayer funded Telugu English dicktionary is unable to tell me what sulli is:
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/phi...dis play=utf8

On the other hand a simple IT fellow, I think, has gone to the trouble of putting together a multilingual swearing database, that turns up trumps when I go to the relevant language page here:
http://www.it-rx.com/insults/swearing

Bloody juveniles, the lot of you - I just take an academic interest in this.

-skk

Aug 2nd, 2008, 19:05	#1
billyshake The Prison Yard In Winter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 1,278	my new Telugu teacher I just hired a Telugu teacher to tutor me on weekends. She might be the nicest person I've ever met. Seriously, it's like I found an Indian Marry Poppins. I can't wait to dig my teeth into the language. Problem is, I just found out that the script I'm writing for my company will be shot in Tamil, damnit. I had assumed it would be translated into Telugu. Oh well, I live in Hyd so I'll learn the Telugu. By this time next year, I'll be Telu-goofy! ..... Okay, I'm incredibly ashamed of that pun and you all should turn your backs on me like they do to wayward cadets at West Point. Last edited by billyshake : Aug 2nd, 2008 at 19:07. Reason: typo todd strikes again

Aug 3rd, 2008, 04:24	#15
skk Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Boulder CO, USA Posts: 842	well, I'm gonna complain - my tax dollars ain't worth much when the US taxpayer funded Telugu English dicktionary is unable to tell me what sulli is: http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/phi...dis play=utf8 On the other hand a simple IT fellow, I think, has gone to the trouble of putting together a multilingual swearing database, that turns up trumps when I go to the relevant language page here: http://www.it-rx.com/insults/swearing Bloody juveniles, the lot of you - I just take an academic interest in this. -skk Last edited by skk : Aug 3rd, 2008 at 05:10. Reason: make url more indirect

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Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,213	Respect! --- from a linguistic duffer .

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Hal . . . _ _ _ . . . Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,303	Congratulations. Can she teach you the head bob, too?

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singsub Account Closed Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: right next door to hell Posts: 1,163	depends on how familiar she is with hemingway's "for whom the head wobbles"

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singsub Account Closed Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: right next door to hell Posts: 1,163	er,... why dont you go and ask marry poppins and report back the resultsw here?? that may be the last lesson she teaches you

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billyshake The Prison Yard In Winter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 1,278	Yeah, I've already been tricked once in India (many times in other countries), saying something to the effect of 'spank the monkey' to our receptionist when I thought it was more like 'hello, miss.' I'm pretty excited for my lesson tomorrow. I don't expect to master Telugu, of course, but I'm looking forward to the work of it. A new language is like a really intricate code to be figured out slowly, ya know?

Aug 3rd, 2008, 01:10	#13
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,213	If I could approach languages like that, I'd probably succeed in learning one! Are you going to try the writing? I'm told it is a particularly difficult and complicated script. But it is said to be a poetic language, and many of the songs of carnatic music are written in it.