Re: [silk] Sexist cops destroying economy?

2012-01-04 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Deepa Mohan [04/01/12 13:26 +0530]: Why put a question mark at the end of that phrase Suresh? And surely, the I don't often go out drinking and if I do, I don't pick a five star hotel bar if I can help it. There's also buying clothes for a trip to singapore or the states etc type purchases,

Re: [silk] Sexist cops destroying economy?

2012-01-04 Thread ashok _
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: There's also buying clothes for a trip to singapore or the states etc type purchases, where you can leave all the salwar kameez, saris etc behind with a clear conscience. perhaps that explains it, as they were

Re: [silk] Sexist cops destroying economy?

2012-01-04 Thread Thaths
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:35 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: perhaps that explains it, as they were also selling a lot of woolens and heavy winter clothing. That would be for the Madras mamas reeling under the Margazhi dew (pani). Thaths -- Marge: Quick, somebody perform CPR! Homer:

Re: [silk] Sexist cops destroying economy?

2012-01-04 Thread ashok _
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:35 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: perhaps that explains it, as they were also selling a lot of woolens and heavy winter clothing. That would be for the Madras mamas reeling under the Margazhi dew

[silk] Why this Kolaveri di?[1]

2012-01-04 Thread Venkat Mangudi
For all ye silklisters in Chennai, a few questions that my kids have been asking for which I have no answer. 1. What is soup song? 2. What is bouvu? 3. Who are soup boys? I tell you, as a tamilian, I find those terms totally alien to me. Guess it must be madras baashai[2]. Cheers, Venkat [1]:

Re: [silk] Sexist cops destroying economy?

2012-01-04 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wednesday, January 4, 2012, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote A madras mama in a thermal earmuff and a mini skirt would have surely made my day. A gem of alliteration...and a mind-boggling image.

Re: [silk] Why this Kolaveri di?[1]

2012-01-04 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wednesday, January 4, 2012, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: For all ye silklisters in Chennai, a few questions that my kids have been asking for which I have no answer. 1. What is soup song? 2. What is bouvu? 3. Who are soup boys? I rather think soup refers to kuzhambu as

Re: [silk] Why this Kolaveri di?[1]

2012-01-04 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: 1. What is soup song? 2. What is bouvu? 3. Who are soup boys? I rather think soup refers to kuzhambu as in getting confused. I am also waiting  for an explanation of bouvu. Not really. This has been discussed here

Re: [silk] Why this Kolaveri di?[1]

2012-01-04 Thread Shivakumar Narayanan
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: 1. What is soup song? 2. What is bouvu? 3. Who are soup boys? I can only think of bouvu as getting 'bulb' or rejected or something like it.

Re: [silk] Why this Kolaveri di?[1]

2012-01-04 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.comwrote: [2]: From my limited knowledge, it is a language derived from Tamil and is typically spoken in Chennai and thereabouts. If you don't live there, it makes sense as much as Romulan does. :-) It is not derived from a