Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! That reminds me of a friend who named his company, Onus Consultants, despite my bets efforts to dissuade him. Of course, one he found out, he came back to me with a grating, Venky, you should have told me Sometimes, in life, you wish you had the power to vaporize some critters. Venky
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: From: Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 12:03 PM On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! That reminds me of a friend who named his company, Onus Consultants, despite my bets efforts to dissuade him. Of course, one he found out, he came back to me with a grating, Venky, you should have told me Sometimes, in life, you wish you had the power to vaporize some critters. Venky It must have been a heavy burden on him, but other than that, what was objectionable in this title? Did he have, as it were, a tendency to sit on his tasks? Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
That reminds me of a friend who named his company, Onus Consultants snip It must have been a heavy burden on him, but other than that, what was objectionable in this title? Did he have, as it were, a tendency to sit on his tasks? At least his investors could clearly see an exit route.
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 12:45 PM That reminds me of a friend who named his company, Onus Consultants snip It must have been a heavy burden on him, but other than that, what was objectionable in this title? Did he have, as it were, a tendency to sit on his tasks? At least his investors could clearly see an exit route. Oh, dearie me, no, not at all. We obviously aren't looking at the same dictionary. There's not much getting away from an onus, I'm sorry to say; not for any of us. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Thursday 02 Apr 2009 12:28:30 am Mohit (मॊिहत) wrote: And what do you think of Just Mohit? :) - Mo I think Mohit means full of charm or charming shiv
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: From: ss cybers...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 2:37 PM On Thursday 02 Apr 2009 12:28:30 am Mohit (मॊिहत) wrote: And what do you think of Just Mohit? :) - Mo I think Mohit means full of charm or charming shiv Wrong again (just not your century, is it?) it means 'enraptured', 'enchanted'. From Moha, enchanting, Mohit, enchanted. To stretch a point, Moha = charm, Mohit = charmed (not charming). Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
Re: various interesting names It would be hard to beat this one for irony, especially if you're cursed with puerile sensibilties like me: the director of the WHO's dept on HIV/AIDS is named Kevin De Cock. http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news59/en/index.html He actually looks like a pretty nice guy...
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
Re: various interesting names I had gone to a wildlife photography meet in Mysore and met a gentleman who is a camera fanatic; he knows cameras, literally, inside out. He said that he had named his two sons Canon and Nikon (no jokes, they are their middle names.). So we quickly rallied and asked him, what if they had been daughters? I had it all worked out, he replied. Yashica and Konika. This gentleman often posts photographs of the various parts of a DSLR camear on this wildlife photography photosite, from the smallest ..er...nut onwards. Makes one realize just how complex a piece of precision engineering a digital camera is! Cheers, Deepa.
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Anil Kumar anilkumar.naga...@gmail.comwrote: What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to Goldthat's what Venkata means. Deepa
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:08:15 +0530 Venkat Inumella ven...@gmail.com wrote: What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? I used to work in a cubicle farm of a Citibank subsidiary (we lovingly called it the Dungeon) and every time someone shouted Venky or Venkat five heads would pop up (including mine). Ditto for Subbu or Subramaniam. Venky (da original one on this list :-)
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Anil Kumar anilkumar.naga...@gmail.comwrote: What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to Goldthat's what Venkata means. I did not know that. Do explain more. I am all ears. Also, we have a critical mass of venkatas here so this should be of generic interest. Venky
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to Goldthat's what Venkata means. I did not know that. Do explain more. I am all ears. Also, we have a critical mass of venkatas here so this should be of generic interest. I think I'll call you all Goldie from now on, making you instant Punjus. ;) -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore @ http://shiokfood.comhttp://mosslounge.com Join the Moss group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39295417270
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
I thought I was condemned to a common name like Mahesh. Till I discovered there were 5 Seenis (Srinivases) in my B. Tech. class. in Hyderabad. Seeni is right up there with Subbu and Venky. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Anil Kumar anilkumar.naga...@gmail.com wrote: What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to Goldthat's what Venkata means. I did not know that. Do explain more. I am all ears. Also, we have a critical mass of venkatas here so this should be of generic interest. Venky
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
Madhu Menon: I think I'll call you all Goldie from now on, making you instant Punjus. ;) Hawn jee .. srs
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: I used to work in a cubicle farm of a Citibank subsidiary (we lovingly called it the Dungeon) and every time someone shouted Venky or Venkat five heads would pop up (including mine). Ditto for Subbu or Subramaniam. I know the feeling! I take solace in the fact that, at least, it's pretty hard to beat Inumella for uniqueness. Try being an Amit Kumar at Infosys: last I heard, they alone accounted for a quarter of all revenues. Venkat [Orginale and True, but by no means Onlie ]
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Venkat Inumella ven...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: I used to work in a cubicle farm of a Citibank subsidiary (we lovingly called it the Dungeon) and every time someone shouted Venky or Venkat five heads would pop up (including mine). Ditto for Subbu or Subramaniam. I know the feeling! I take solace in the fact that, at least, it's pretty hard to beat Inumella for uniqueness. Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. C -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +91-9884467463
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On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. If you want to play that game - Gabin Eluvathingal Kattukaran -gabin -- Samuel Goldwyn - I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. Not very unique I'm afraid. Chandrachoodan or the one who wears the moon aka Shiva is a fairly common name in Kerala. Given the fact that Gopalakrishnan is also a very common surname, I'll bet you could easily find a few! Uniqueness for a mal Hindu name is almost impossible (I'm assuming you are), unless of course you have the tharavadu name in front which used to be the norm one generation before me. Kiran
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
how about Himadri for a man's name? On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. Not very unique I'm afraid. Chandrachoodan or the one who wears the moon aka Shiva is a fairly common name in Kerala. Given the fact that Gopalakrishnan is also a very common surname, I'll bet you could easily find a few! Uniqueness for a mal Hindu name is almost impossible (I'm assuming you are), unless of course you have the tharavadu name in front which used to be the norm one generation before me. Kiran
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
2009/4/1 gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. If you want to play that game - Gabin Eluvathingal Kattukaran -gabin And then you have the mal Christians who are perhaps the most creative in the whole wide world when it comes to names (again I'm assuming). I knew one such family who lost their customary ingenuity for a while when they named their twins. Instead they started off a new trend, they took the first syllable of the parents names, Mary and Daniel. So somewhere on this rock are two poor souls named Mada and Dama. They never even gave them a chance... Kiran
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: how about Himadri for a man's name? Quite common, actually. Have a film producer friend - whose next movie releases in 2 months, by the way, called Sheetal Talwar. And it's a he. Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In addition to a Photosynthesis Wong at the McDonald's downstairs.
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: From: Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 12:07 AM how about Himadri for a man's name? //Yeah, how about it? Men commonly have names like Jyoti, Bhabani, Durga, Kali and Tara in these parts. Himadri is Vishnu Som's father's name.// On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. Not very unique I'm afraid. Chandrachoodan or the one who wears the moon aka Shiva is a fairly common name in Kerala. Given the fact that Gopalakrishnan is also a very common surname, I'll bet you could easily find a few! Uniqueness for a mal Hindu name is almost impossible (I'm assuming you are), unless of course you have the tharavadu name in front which used to be the norm one generation before me. Kiran Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
my personal favorites are Appollo Singh (named because he was born on Jul 20, 1969 presumably shortly before Armstrong took his steps) and Russia and America Rao (NOT a joke!). On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: how about Himadri for a man's name? Quite common, actually. Have a film producer friend - whose next movie releases in 2 months, by the way, called Sheetal Talwar. And it's a he. Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In addition to a Photosynthesis Wong at the McDonald's downstairs.
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
2009/4/2 Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: how about Himadri for a man's name? Quite common, actually. Have a film producer friend - whose next movie releases in 2 months, by the way, called Sheetal Talwar. And it's a he. Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In addition to a Photosynthesis Wong at the McDonald's downstairs. Holy ^*%$ !!! Are dictionaries too expensive in that part of the world (or are they too cheap)? This beats what I read in Freakonomics about father-who-should-be-shot naming his two sons Winner and Loser. Kiran
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/4/2 Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: how about Himadri for a man's name? Quite common, actually. Have a film producer friend - whose next movie releases in 2 months, by the way, called Sheetal Talwar. And it's a he. Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In addition to a Photosynthesis Wong at the McDonald's downstairs. Holy ^*%$ !!! Are dictionaries too expensive in that part of the world (or are they too cheap)? This beats what I read in Freakonomics about father-who-should-be-shot naming his two sons Winner and Loser. Kiran
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In addition to a Photosynthesis Wong at the McDonald's downstairs. Holy ^*%$ !!! Are dictionaries too expensive in that part of the world (or are they too cheap)? What happens here is that kids have only Chinese names from when they're born till they come to our equivalent of Class 10. Then they get to choose their own names. Now remember, kids in HK don't have too much exposure to the English-speaking world - so they tend to pick names out of their text books. Usually biology ones, as they sound nice. My boss - a British guy- married a Symbiosis Lee who worked in the video rental store in the mall next door. Mahesh
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well at least Symbiosis is better than Parasite Lee On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote: Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In addition to a Photosynthesis Wong at the McDonald's downstairs. Holy ^*%$ !!! Are dictionaries too expensive in that part of the world (or are they too cheap)? What happens here is that kids have only Chinese names from when they're born till they come to our equivalent of Class 10. Then they get to choose their own names. Now remember, kids in HK don't have too much exposure to the English-speaking world - so they tend to pick names out of their text books. Usually biology ones, as they sound nice. My boss - a British guy- married a Symbiosis Lee who worked in the video rental store in the mall next door. Mahesh
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! A friend of mine said she talked to a woman in Brazil who had named her daughter Menage A Trois. She (the mom) had no idea what it meant, but that the name sounded really pretty to her. Something tells me the poor daughter is going to change her name at some point -- probably around the time her first boyfriend keeps pestering her to live up to her name, if not before
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
And what do you think of Just Mohit? :) - Mo
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2009/4/2 Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! I always thought Montana as a state was where you could drive at 100mph and contained nothing but ranches owned by the well to do from Seattle, Portland, LA etc. maintained by immigrants. This obviously changes things... I once had a two day stay at one which was originally owned by Andie McDowell. Kiran
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America Rao (NOT a joke!).
America Rao would be ethnologically correct in Telugu naming convention of
{Place of origin}+{Father's Name}+{Your Name} for a 2nd generation Gult.
As in a certain gent Rama Rao was the son of Taraka, from Nandamuri village
and hence became NTR
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote:
America Rao (NOT a joke!).
America Rao would be ethnologically correct in Telugu naming convention of
{Place of origin}+{Father's Name}+{Your Name} for a 2nd generation Gult.
As in a certain gent Rama Rao was the son of Taraka, from Nandamuri village
and hence became NTR
not really. my name is Yeddanapudi Radhika as in Radhika of Yeddanapudi
village with no father's name in between. Neither does my brother carry my
dad's name nor do any of my cousins on the Yeddanapudi side.
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
not really. my name is Yeddanapudi Radhika as in Radhika of Yeddanapudi village with no father's name in between. Neither does my brother carry my dad's name nor do any of my cousins on the Yeddanapudi side. I guess there is some variability here. My school principal in Hyderabad was Y.R.R.P.Raju with 4 initials before the name And there is Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Lakshman with 3. I was under the impression that the median occurrence was 2 initials before the name. And less frequent 1 initial before the name, like you. Maybe I'm wrong.
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
Mahesh Murthy [02/04/09 00:14 +0530]: Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In addition to a Photosynthesis Wong at the McDonald's downstairs. I have a friend (US expat with a taiwanese wife) in Taipei whose daughter was born at a hospital run by a Dr.Peanut ..
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
well i should give the complete picture then to further confound:-) my full name is Yeddanapudi Lakshmi Arudra Rama Radhika (but I have abbreviated all of this dogma down to Y.R. Radhika for a long, long time). The Lakshmi is homage to a family practice of giving the eldest daughter a name synonymous with prosperity. Arudra is the name of the nakshatra under which i was born and it was prophesied that i would be ungrateful, a thief (does gluttony count?) and work in lowly jobs (have translated that to mean part-time/consulting jobs today)..Rama is another name for Lakshmi hence double the wealth supposedly ! my brother's name sounds like that of the principal to whom you refer-Yeddanapudi Venkatasubramanaiam Rajeevlochana. Venkatasubramaniam is a Yeddanapudi family tradition to bestow the name of the lord on the eldest son in a family. Rajeevlochana is another name for Vishnu. he writes his name as Rajeev Yeddanapudi now to avoid all such explanations but in his far-off childhood was known to answer the phone with Subbu here'!!! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote: not really. my name is Yeddanapudi Radhika as in Radhika of Yeddanapudi village with no father's name in between. Neither does my brother carry my dad's name nor do any of my cousins on the Yeddanapudi side. I guess there is some variability here. My school principal in Hyderabad was Y.R.R.P.Raju with 4 initials before the name And there is Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Lakshman with 3. I was under the impression that the median occurrence was 2 initials before the name. And less frequent 1 initial before the name, like you. Maybe I'm wrong.
Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:08:15 +0530 Venkat Inumella ven...@gmail.com wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Venkat Inumella ven...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:08:15 +0530 Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Madhu Menon c...@shiokfood.com wrote: Well, didn't expect to see you here, Venx. Who dragged you in here? :) Madhu Why, hello! :) I came across the Linked-in group several months ago, much nosey-ness ensued, and I pretty much dragged myself here. Venkat What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? Anil KUMAR [happy not to have another of that name here; there are so many by that name, you know!]
