I just learned from
Blogocentricity that Sawariya (a new Hindi movie, which has had poorish reviews) means 'Are you dying?' in colloquial Tamil. ('saavu' =
corpse 'death') My first chortle of the morning.
(Oh -- just realised that 'saavu' is the same as Sanskrit 'shava'. Hmm.)
2 comments:
Hi Nancy,
Long time no read your blog :(
Saavu means death in Tamil.
And I miss Chennai - it must be a hoot being there listening to everyone mangle the names of Hindi movies. The worst sufferer was 'Hum Apke Hai Kaun' (quite a mouthful, I agree), which was mangled into 'Amma kai kona kai', meaning 'mother's hand, crooked hand'!
Hi, Navin -- thanks for correcting me. Still making elementary mistakes, after all these years.
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