On Friday 29 Aug 2008 2:45:54 pm Thaths wrote:
> Getting to the OP, what is the appropriate response when a Kannadiga
> asks this question? Should I be telling them the fact ("Yes, I have"
> or "Not yet")? Or something socially polite ("Thanks to your
> blessings, yes!")? And what is the appropriate followup comment if
> someone replies that they have not had their meal yet? Should one tut
> tut? Or offer them a meal? Or hem and haw?
I think it's just a polite conversation thing. Just say yes. "Ayithu". I
usually reply honestly and say yes or no.
"Nimma daya" ("your blessings") etc is a bit too much when a doorman or a
general dogsbody is trying to be polite to you and ask you about the last
time you stuffed your face.
It appears to be a ritual of politeness for someone to be asked a polite
question (eg health) and a positive reply is tagged with "Nimma dya" -
crediting one's good health, luck or success to the blessings of the person
who asked, It is not an apporopriate reply to "Coffee ayitha?" ("Have you
had coffee?)
shiv
