In most tam-brahm households, including mine, the word ashadu is used to refer to a silly person, because of something silly they did. It is used usually in a gently chiding way. For example in the following context:
Mami : ketelo 'na? kalyaanathula ponnoda vaira mookuthi kanaama pogumbodu paiyyan yenna pannardu nu teriyaama thalaya sorinjindu adhirsam saaptundirundaan!
Mama : appidiya? seriyana ashada irupaan pola irruke!
At any rate, why this sudden reference to ashadu one may wonder. Well, the above mentioned two-word phrase is what an elderly relative said to my 12 year old cousin when he tried to leap-frog over the vadyaar who was teaching him how to do something of religious significance yesterday.
And while we're on this topic an important cautionary note to all future tam grooms:
if your bride loses her diamond nose stud, dont continue stuffing yourself with bakshanam like an ashadu; drop that mullu murukku and rush to her side.
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21 comments:
Another famous word at my grandparents house was - abhishtu!
:D
Used almost as frequently as ashadu AND ONLY when I'm around!
Leapfroggin-cousins wasn't a rare spectacle at my upanayanam.
:D
Depends on how tasty the bakshanam is, really... :)
lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ashadu is indeed an often used word...in iyengar households..u can add bejaar to that... :) good post :)
ps - was it u who lost the diamond mookuthi???
On that note, ever heard the story about the guy who swallowed a spoonful of ghee when the priest said "swaa-haa"...
and when the preist thittufies him saying "ashadu, ashadu, swaa-haa nu solli agni la neiya vidanam"...
the guy promptly obeys and spits out the ghee into the agni...
and the preist doesn't even have the guts to say ashadu now...
this story was as common as "teacher said open the window and let the climate in" though... so i doubt whether it is real :)
Funny. Ashadu, abishtu, shaniyan & kottaan (for PI's) are all expected utterences when paatis spend time with their grandkids :)
Phased out terms include moodevi and brahmahaddi. Only kollu paati types use those these days.
@SRK: The swaha story seems too good to be true!
@Vivek
aren't leap-frogging cousins the best? ;)
@Hari
seriyana ashadu :P
@PrincessFiona
no. :) please dont tell me that women pierce their noses in this day and age!
and thankyou :D
@SRK
haha. haven't heard of that one. spitting into the fire? such sacrilege warrants a roundhouse kick from the vadyaar and not a mere 'ashadu':P
im more familiar with "open the window; let the atmosphere in" :))
@Idling
quaint language makes for good times :)
Lol! I'll agree with Hari on this ;)
Happy Earth day btw.....I'll go with the Cheese cake too, for now that is, since my vacation made me overdose myself with chocolates!
That's pretty funny! I'm guessing the adarsam was too good to put down!
aah! Calling someone ashadu was the ultimate liberation to the blue blooded tambram psyche in my family!
The post and the comments here are quite hilarious !!
Unfortunately I didn't get all these stories as a part of my upbringing.
I can probably quote Bill Cosby (with a little tweak ofcourse) "till the age of seven, I thought my name was Ashadu" ;) ;D
btw, check out the forum of this orkut community...
http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=433042
they have an entire section dedicated to typical PI abuse words...
@Rakesh
i could never eat more than 1 chocolate per month, much less overdose on them. really not that fond of them at all :)
@TQ
it must have been. :) thanks for stopping by. :)
@Liberal
i can completely relate to that :)
@Deepak
Thankyou. Glad you got the humor :))
@Vibushan
loved that! :D
@SRK
am not PI. i believe i would in common parlance be known as a 'madrasi.' will check it out though. im sure there are some familiar words ill come across. danks! :)
Hey, Beautiful Template!
About the post... Got lost in translation :)
The ashadu got married ... let him ensoi the adhirasam... the only thing he is gonna enjoy for the rest of his married life :P
:)
@Varun
Thankyou. and just because you said that, i hope a Scarlett J will watltz into your life soon :P
@nagendraprasad
haha..and let the bride find her mookuthi, considering she will be losing everything inclusing her sanity after marriage :P
@DT
:)
I am not auser of that word, but I can't imagine a guy who will keep eating when his dame is in distress. Must be a real dumb guy. (Ashadu as you say it.)
ah the tam brahmness of it all..
An indirect way of saying ashadu is:
"paiyan/ponnu rombha (more like rommmmbha) saadhu pola irukku"
"paavam. innum kozhandaiyaave irukan/irukal"
hmm...kedi brahmnas!
good post. you have a very interesting blog title. me likes!
by far the funniest TamBrahm quote I have come across! I laughed like a drain when I read thalaya sorinjindu adhirsam saaptundirundaan! :)
and yes ma'am if my future bride does lose her diamond nose stud, ll get deep down the search! ROger that! but mid-way if i come face to face with nice jangiris, then I can't guarantee! lol
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