@ Deepa, Nishant, Not sure why culturally it is so, but it gets asked and answered almost automatically. I usually just say "Hu, ayithu" and smile, as an auto response, without actually pausing to think if I have eaten or not. "Nimma ashirvada" is used more in context of elders asking you "Chennagideeya?" and not so much with food-related Qs, as far as I know.
Did not notice that it was such a Kannadiga thing until it was pointed out here. Another common variation is "Tiffin ayitha?"...recently discovered that "tiffin", with connotations of breakfast/evening snack is also somewhat unique to Karnataka, when I used the word in a mixed crowd and no one got it. Do other cultures also use tiffin in that sense? On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Gautam John [29/08/08 18:40 +0530]: > >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:35 PM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> its a politeness thing. And not Asian >>> >> >> You don't have to ask if someone has eaten to be polite, yes? >> > > I wonder if there's a culture somewhere where the question is "have you > crapped today?" > > 1. The guy's eaten - obvious deduction from that question > 2. His digestive system works fine - sense of physical well being etc etc > > srs > >
