BTW, in Malayalam, cc sugar is usually called "pan[cha]sara". I've only > | heard the "charkarai" form used for gur or perhaps palm sugar. Is there > | a similar distinction in Tamil?
No...gur is called "vellam"...and palm sugar is "panam kalkandu". (kalkandu is sugar candy ...the kind that comes in crystals and is offered when one enters a wedding hall.) Deepa. On Feb 8, 2008 8:32 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: > > | BTW, in Malayalam, cc sugar is usually called "pan[cha]sara". I've only > | heard the "charkarai" form used for gur or perhaps palm sugar. Is there > | a similar distinction in Tamil? > > Speaking of which, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster > makes a gory read > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHq8ZJXQZpNTcrCzMRAk4GAKCFdbVfc1jEy0TxQ6sYBaUEXMgGWQCgoJ1m > NOFrVVDKJe6A8CE1RziTErQ= > =5wck > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
