Yoda-esque Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Why do southies add extra 'h' to every name ? Nikitha' date=' Aakrithi :hmmmm2::dontknow:[/quote'] English is an unscientific language that does not differentiate between the hard & soft pronounciations.Hence , The soft "T" is almost always replaced by "Th" whenever south Indians spell those kinds of words.Not the ideal way to pronounce but I have a friend here whose name is Shekar and most americans call him Shaker. :giggle:Hes now changed his name to Shekhar by adding the extra "H".
Aaku Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 English is an unscientific language that does not differentiate between the hard & soft pronounciations.Hence ' date=' The soft "T" is almost always replaced by "Th" whenever south Indians spell those kinds of words.Not the ideal way to pronounce but I have a friend here whose name is Shekar and most americans call him Shaker. :giggle:Hes now changed his name to Shekhar by adding the extra "H".[/quote'] Ab shekar ko shaker hi bolenge naa ? Unless there is a KHHHHHH.. amreekans KHHHH kyun bolengey ?
bulbul Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Why do southies add extra 'h' to every name ? Nikitha' date=' Aakrithi :hmmmm2::dontknow:[/quote'] Just to show we are better than you.. :winky: we can pronunce names propelry so no problem in adding one h.. Its better than keeping names like Pinky,ponky,sony,munni , mayawathi etc...
Aaku Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Just to show we are better than you.. :winky: we can pronunce names propelry so no problem in adding one h.. Its better than keeping names like Pinky,ponky,sony,munni , mayawathi etc... senti kyun horaha hai :nervous: lulz mere 2 uncles ke nicknames are 'billa' and 'puppy' :hehe:
bulbul Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 senti kyun horaha hai :nervous: lulz mere 2 uncles ke nicknames are 'billa' and 'puppy' :hehe: niknamme ka bath kuan kar raha hai idar.. Tere ko kitna niks nahi hai idhar :winky:
Yoda-esque Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 senti kyun horaha hai :nervous: lulz mere 2 uncles ke nicknames are 'billa' and 'puppy' :hehe: When it comes to nick names, Bongos rule! I had friends who were like 6 feet tall yet their parents called them Pom-Pom or Tuk-Tuk..
Aaku Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 niknamme ka bath kuan kar raha hai idar.. Tere ko kitna niks nahi hai idhar :winky: sorryy.. whaa ? :(( When it comes to nick names, Bongos rule! I had friends who were like 6 feet tall yet their parents called them Pom-Pom or Tuk-Tuk.. pom pom:laugh: even i have a frnd tuk tuk.. and sometimes we forget her real name bcz we alwaysssss call her tuk tuk :P
Yoda-esque Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 sorryy.. whaa ? :(( pom pom:laugh: even i have a frnd tuk tuk.. and sometimes we forget her real name bcz we alwaysssss call her tuk tuk :P Is she Bengali ? Misbah's daughter should be called that..
Aaku Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Is she Bengali ? Misbah's daughter should be called that.. very poor joke :(( no shes sindhiiii:icflove:
gaurav92 Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Is she Bengali ? Misbah's daughter should be called that.. :hysterical:
Cricket Tragic Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 :WTF: I thought that this was a joke.
ganeshran Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Why do southies add extra 'h' to every name ? Nikitha' date=' Aakrithi :hmmmm2::dontknow:[/quote'] Revenge for northies pronouncing Dosa with a hard D and saying sawth for south :rock:
Ram Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Why do southies add extra 'h' to every name ? Nikitha' date=' Aakrithi :hmmmm2::dontknow:[/quote'] Because we pronounce her name as Niikhtha and not Nikita? (The 'Ta' is pronounced like the 'Ta' in 'TATA'), :dontknow: Plus, if your name were to be spelt as 'Aakriti', would it not be pronounced as 'aak-ri-tea'? :dontknow:
nikred Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Why do southies add extra 'h' to every name ? Nikitha' date=' Aakrithi :hmmmm2::dontknow:[/quote'] So Aakhu, should I spell my name as Nikil? :nervous:
ganeshran Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Aakri-tea-kaappee-tea-kaappee :) :hysterical::hysterical:
Aaku Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Because we pronounce her name as Niikhtha and not Nikita? (The 'Ta' is pronounced like the 'Ta' in 'TATA'), :dontknow: Plus, if your name were to be spelt as 'Aakriti', would it not be pronounced as 'aak-ri-tea'? :dontknow: There is a THI and a TEA and there is a TI like 3 in hindi wala teeen :P its not aak ri tea nor aak ri thi.. its ti !!! t of tel ( oil ) :hitler: So Aakhu' date=' should I spell my name as Nikil? :nervous:[/quote'] Nooo you are Nikhil there is 'KHHH' sound.. but there is no 'THH' sound in my name :dontknow:
ganeshran Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 thum log kahe ko is bath ka bathangad bana rahe ho?
akshayxyz Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 arey baalkon ladai ladai maaf karo... this is limitation of english, that there is no unambiguous representation for hard and soft sounds.
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