Cda; These small formalities make up your bigger identity. Cheers!!
prasenjit On 8/18/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree. > > The emphasis should be on asking pertinent questions and getting forthright > answers. > > > I realize, we 'probaxis' have shed a lot of our traditional formalities, > which many of our peers back in Assam might find uncouth and impolite. But > be that as it may, the focus should be on the substance and not on the > appearances and formalities. > > > > > > > > > > > At 7:52 AM -0700 8/18/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: > I really do not see any problem in the use of "tumi" as long as neither Mr. > Bhuyan and Mr. Sarma had any objection. After all there are three accepted > forms of "you" in Assamese - "Apuni, Tumi and Toi", and they are used as > appropriate between two people. > If Bhuyan used "Apuni" just for the show, it would have been artificial and > probably would have put a barrier in the flow of words. > > Dilip Deka > > > > muktikam phukan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody > > I've a small observation to make. Recently I've been to Sivasagar for some > official job. It was nice to see the TV channel called NE TV catering to all > the major languages of NE including Sikkim. One of the programme I saw was a > Talk Show titled "Ekap Half Chah". The anchor Sri Atanu Bhuyan was > interviewing a young Assam Minister, Sri Himanta Biswa Sarma. But, I was > really astonished to hear Sri Bhuyan calling Sri Sarma "TUMI" all through > the programme. Is it not really very unprofessional? Even if Sri Sarma is > very junior to Sri Bhuyan or even if they r very good friends, some decorum > should have been maintained in such public programmes by calling him > "APUNI". After all he is a H'ble Minister of the Govt of Assam, duly elected > by the people of Jalukbari. These r small things but if taken care of will > go a long way in improving the programmes of this budding channel. > My observation has nothing personal against anybody and I may kindly be > corrected if I m wrong. > > Muktikam Phukan > ________________________________ > > Check out Yahoo! India Rakhi Special for Rakhi shopping, contests and lots > more. > http://in.promos.yahoo.com/rakhi/index.html > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > > > -- Prasenjit Chetia Atlanta, GA _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [email protected] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
