But there is a big difference between calling somebody Apuni and
Toi. We use some greeting which are not there or maybe in a more
generalised form in English. As long as we talk in assamese we should
try to maintain its beauty and more importantly when someone speaks in
public to an elected
You r right Mr. Chetia. But why should we look at the Brits. Lets see any Talk Show by the established National TV Channels. They never use "Tum" or "Tu". "Aap" is what they invariably use. Of course deviants r the channels like "V" or "MTV". But I believe "NE TV" is no " V" or "MTV".
Muktikam
Title: Re: [Assam] NE TV's Ekap Half Chah
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I have no problem with that Prasenjit.
However, I DO have a problem with the nauseating degree of these
'fake' and sometimes completely un-deserved courtesies that our people
are either mired in, or are compelled to perpetuate.
Just look
C'da,
However, I DO have a problem with the nauseating degree of these 'fake' and sometimes completely un-deserved courtesies that our people are either mired in, or are compelled to perpetuate.
With this I agree. Last time at Guwahati, I wanted to touch base with an old friend of mine, who has
Just look the overuse and misuse of the 'honorable' or 'hon'ble' appellation, that abounds in the media, requiring the people to call address their servants, MLA's, MPs,Ministers--minor or major, tin-pot dictators of magistrates/hakims ad nauseum. It is yet another of those left-over colonial /
Right, unless you use just the last name. Otherwise, after the introduction with the full name, it usually goes 'down' to the first name basis. we call everyone byfirst name at work.
What do you mean by "late" Dipung kaiti. He died? when and how? :)
Have a good one, C'da.
From: Chan Mahanta
Cda;
It is not following the British. We have a tradition in place, and we
didn't learn that from the British. And just that the ministers are
corrupt or that they don't deserve that respect can't blow that
tradition away. What the reporter did was just an example where a
little too friendly
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 areused as appropriate between two people.
If Bhuyanused "Apuni" just for the show, it
Title: Re: [Assam] NE TV's Ekap Half Chah
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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
