The police board in the corner again Singhalese top, Tamil bottom takes the mind down an associative track that ends in colonisation and cantonments. You have my apologies in advance. He seems to imply that if Tamil gave sufficient creative freedom for Kamban, Valluvar and Bharathi it should be enough for Dhanush. Here is a pop song in multiple musical formats including a weird rap interlude, setting a poem by a politician advancing the proposition that Tamil is an excellent language. Le Guin, the hero ine , Therem Harth rem ir Estraven, says:. If you have something you need edited, contact me for rates. And from what I have seen online, he has received nothing but love. 
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All other messages and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily state or reflect those of languagehat. April 19, at 8: You will not jafffna get your purchases, you will get my blessings and a karmic boost! It seems fairly common where there is a context of competition between different languages or varieties.
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Its essence is a celebration of Tamil language and culture, a deploration of the bastardisation of Tamil and chastisation of those who are ashamed of their Tamilness. Recent Comments languagehat on Imi zhe vesi.
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This site is called Language Hat and it deals sobg many issues of a linguistic flavor. My tamil language, my mother tongue Beautiful tongue, poor thing dude Tamil, before the creation of sand and stones, dude If you are a Tamil, you need have a little self respect dude In the Tamil heartland Where Tamil is praised Why is Tamil scarce?
Stalin’s Jaffna Kolaveri.
Another associative track is set in motion by the constant reference to bloodlust, intermingled with references to Ahimsa non-violence and revolutionary zeal — we all know where it leads. At first glance, the music video appears to be primarily targeted at Dhanush. Multilingualism Helps to Stave Off Dementia.
April 20, at 1: We might as well just give up now, toss all our existing arts and letters into the ocean, and take kolavegi Esperanto. My tamil language, my mother tongue Beautiful tongue, poor thing dude. At first glance, the music video appears to be primarily targeted at Dhanush.
April 21, at 5: As an ancient language, one which Stalin describes as predating the creation of stones and sand, Tamil has a rich literature and culture and Dhanush appears to ignore this and consider Tamil lacking. Only messages signed "languagehat" are property of and attributable to languagehat.
Is it simply self-love? Tamil, before the creation of sand and stones, dude If you are a Tamil, you need have a little self respect dude. My Languages My Hats E-mail: Those who feel their language or language variety is under pressure or in some way stigmatized often jagfna the need to say something about it through what they create. April 23, at 5: And is it too cynical to think that writing a song about how Tamils living in comparative safety and prosperity in India are not sufficiently hardcore about their Tamilness is a little safer for this particular songwriter than writing a song overtly bitching about the Sinhalese?
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April 25, at 6: If your comment goes into moderation which can happen if it has too many links or if the software just takes it into its head to be suspiciousI will usually set it free reasonably quickly Proof that it happenskolavero that one was quite popular oustside the Netherlands although normally after translation into local languages. April 19, by languagehat 38 Comments. Although it is fine to use dialect or collquial German for comical effect in comedy sketches etc. After years of persecution some Tamils have chosen to hide or disassociate from their Tamil identities — especially in the metropolis of Colombo.
April 21, at Of course the song has a Jaffna subtext, the fact that there is a shout out to Jesus, Gandhi, the Buddha!
If you're kolxveri generous: And in fact, every example he gives of Tamils doing the right thing, ancient and modern, up to and including AR Rehman at the Oscars, is a Tamil from the north side of the Palk, rather than the south side.
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