A YetiGuide® : How To Post In Proper English

SS-Traveller · 13th February 2011, 17:57

Here's an interesting variation of a common English idiom:

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Originally Posted by gd1418

All this warmly cockled my heart...

Thad E Ginathom · 13th February 2011, 20:29

There is nothing like having one's heart cockled!

Mpower · 16th February 2011, 22:04

any connection between the word melee and the hindi word mela/mele

Thad E Ginathom · 16th February 2011, 22:21

...or the Jazz player George?

But seriously: no. I checked the Oxford dictionary, and melee comes from the French.

Anyway, melas are supposed to enjoyable, aren't they? And isn't Mele a Germkan engineering company

carboy · 16th February 2011, 22:32

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

...or the Jazz player George?

But seriously: no. I checked the Oxford dictionary, and melee comes from the French.

Anyway, melas are supposed to enjoyable, aren't they? And isn't Mele a Germkan engineering company

Most people probably know this, but the word Juggernaut comes from Lord Jaganath of Puri.

vnabhi · 16th February 2011, 23:09

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Originally Posted by carboy

Most people probably know this, but the word Juggernaut comes from Lord Jaganath of Puri.

Yup. Similarly the word 'pariah' is derived from a Tamil word 'paraiyam' (or something similar), and 'bandicoot' from a Telugu word 'pandi kokku'

Thad E Ginathom · 17th February 2011, 00:09

Not to mention ketchup, pyjamas, bungalows (?) and a whole load more

Mpower · 17th February 2011, 02:52

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

Anyway, melas are supposed to enjoyable, aren't they?

Probably in those days. In todays times, to say it was like a mela is negative connotation.

vnabhi · 17th February 2011, 02:58

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Originally Posted by Mpower

Probably in those days. In todays times, to say it was like a mela is negative connotation.

Now, would that not be referred to as a 'jhamela'?

Thad E Ginathom · 17th February 2011, 03:35

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Originally Posted by Mpower

Probably in those days. In todays times, to say it was like a mela is negative connotation.

Amazing!

UK has "Melas" --- big public fairs with an Indian/Asian theme. Noisy dos, but fun if you like that sort of thing.

vivekiny2k · 17th February 2011, 19:22

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

Amazing!

UK has "Melas" --- big public fairs with an Indian/Asian theme. Noisy dos, but fun if you like that sort of thing.

You know how mind plays games even if you jumble up the letters, and interprets correct words. Well, if you fuzz L and F in "public fair" , I read it something like that

BaCkSeAtDrIVeR · 17th February 2011, 19:49

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Originally Posted by vnabhi

Yup. Similarly the word 'pariah' is derived from a Tamil word 'paraiyam' (or something similar),

Pariah derives from Malayalam (and probably other S. Indian languages) "paraya" - an outcast community.

Mpower · 24th March 2011, 18:16

Whats the difference between nevertheless and nonetheless

vasoo · 24th March 2011, 18:40

^^ Looks like both word means the same, something similar to "in spite of". As per Google nevertheless is the more popular word.

amitoj · 24th May 2011, 13:54

Is "Mother's Gift" the same as "Gift From Mother" or are the two different, specially when written on a car or bike? I mean, if i write "Amitoj's Lunch" on a wrapped sandwich, it indicates the lunch BELONGS to me. Similarly, seeing "Mother's Gift" written on a bike seems to indicate the bike is a gift which belongs to the rider's mom!
So, am I right here?

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Thad E Ginathom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 11,005 Thanked: 26,443 Times	Re: A YetiGuide® : How To Post In Proper English ...or the Jazz player George? But seriously: no. I checked the Oxford dictionary, and melee comes from the French. Anyway, melas are supposed to enjoyable, aren't they? And isn't Mele a Germkan engineering company
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vasoo Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Memphis TN Posts: 1,039 Thanked: 246 Times View My Garage	Re: A YetiGuide® : How To Post In Proper English ^^ Looks like both word means the same, something similar to "in spite of". As per Google nevertheless is the more popular word.
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amitoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Windham, NH USA Posts: 3,348 Thanked: 3,105 Times View My Garage	Re: A YetiGuide® : How To Post In Proper English Is "Mother's Gift" the same as "Gift From Mother" or are the two different, specially when written on a car or bike? I mean, if i write "Amitoj's Lunch" on a wrapped sandwich, it indicates the lunch BELONGS to me. Similarly, seeing "Mother's Gift" written on a bike seems to indicate the bike is a gift which belongs to the rider's mom! So, am I right here?
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