08-04-2006, 12:31 PM
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That is interesting, is it the same among Srilankan Tamils as well because I know one Srilankan Christian Tamil who uses his fathers first name (Jayarajah) as his last name, before I thought it was his own peculiarity because they don't do that in Andhra.
That is interesting, is it the same among Srilankan Tamils as well because I know one Srilankan Christian Tamil who uses his fathers first name (Jayarajah) as his last name, before I thought it was his own peculiarity because they don't do that in Andhra.

