02-02-2008, 03:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2008, 04:03 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->What you and Bharatvarsh are doing is explaining the evolution of languages. But when one writes 'Satyam Computers', is it considered right or wrong for someone to say 'Sachyam Computers'?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That again depends on the person, I do not consider it wrong but some might, there is no unanimous answer to that question.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->An argument from my friends is that when one is conversing in English, then one needs to stick to the commonly accepted and understandable pronunciations from the English language's framework. Hence 'Sachyam' is wrong as it is written in Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil and in English as 'Satyam'.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But your friends don't seem to realise that within English itself there are so many differences in pronounciation, in UK they say "zero" but in NA they say "O", in Bharat they say "zed" here they say "zee", how can one be right and the other wrong?
Don't they themselves pronounce many words in English like other Indians, while in N.America they are said differently, does that mean they & the British are mistaken in their English and only the Americans are right?
To take an example, many in Bharat say "environment" but here they also use "en+y+ronment", ask them which is right.
Actually rather than ask them, tell them that they are pronouncing it wrong and that they should learn to pronounce things as they do in America and see their reaction.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->For example the standard spelling for the lanuage tamil is "TAMIL". Is it right or wrong to pronounce it as tamizh with the 'zha' sound? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The 2nd way is also a valid way to say it (I cannot myself pronounce that alphabet, to me it sounds like soft "d", that is why Chozha became Choda in Telugu). Many Tamizh's also cannot seem to be able to say it, they convert it into "L" like me.
That again depends on the person, I do not consider it wrong but some might, there is no unanimous answer to that question.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->An argument from my friends is that when one is conversing in English, then one needs to stick to the commonly accepted and understandable pronunciations from the English language's framework. Hence 'Sachyam' is wrong as it is written in Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil and in English as 'Satyam'.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But your friends don't seem to realise that within English itself there are so many differences in pronounciation, in UK they say "zero" but in NA they say "O", in Bharat they say "zed" here they say "zee", how can one be right and the other wrong?
Don't they themselves pronounce many words in English like other Indians, while in N.America they are said differently, does that mean they & the British are mistaken in their English and only the Americans are right?
To take an example, many in Bharat say "environment" but here they also use "en+y+ronment", ask them which is right.
Actually rather than ask them, tell them that they are pronouncing it wrong and that they should learn to pronounce things as they do in America and see their reaction.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->For example the standard spelling for the lanuage tamil is "TAMIL". Is it right or wrong to pronounce it as tamizh with the 'zha' sound? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The 2nd way is also a valid way to say it (I cannot myself pronounce that alphabet, to me it sounds like soft "d", that is why Chozha became Choda in Telugu). Many Tamizh's also cannot seem to be able to say it, they convert it into "L" like me.