Have you heard of the word 'Juggernaut'? How do you think that word came by?
Read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut
Cambridge defines the word as 'a large heavy truck' or 'a powerful unstoppable force'. So it's really 'Jagannath' they are using :-)
I thought 'nah'...that must be an exception! There cannot be too many words like that in English with an indian origin.
(A myth that I busted to myself!)
What I'm about to write is kinda similar thing, but in quite zany a way, a tad different.
Here I am going along the Merrit Parkway and the name of a Gas station says 'Ravi'. Eh - say what? I thought...Must be some freaky co-incidence. Or might be some indian who has his own gas station in Meriden!
That reminded me of the Car brand - Subaru. Is that somebody there called Subba Rao who started a car manufacturing plant in the US? and these guys twitched the poor buddy's name? ahh..never mind. Im going nuts, I thought.
Then I am going around shopping for mayonnaise. There is this rack of products of what appears to be Sauces and pastes. And all of them have one brand label - Ragu. :o) laugh at me all you want, but this is so funny. lol. Now you are saying what kinda stupid fool gets kicks out of such things. I do :-D
Then I think, 'oh shucks. its just serendipity' (Heh? why would it be serendipity bugger? just a co-incidence. Not an indian name!) While I'm thinking this, CBS is running a campaign on a Senator, who happens to be the Governor of New york. Guess what his name is? George Pataki. I told you, dont blame me. I'm like how I am...
(Imagine an ad - 'Vote for Pataki. Today!')
When finally I was ready to banish all these stupid silly jokes from my head, here comes the latest announcement. Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have their new baby girl...*applause* and what do you think they want to call it?
Suri Holmes.
(How would they say? 'Suri' bandaLu. ugghhh)
Ahh...never mind, you guys. Forged aboudid...
and if you thought, what is the link between all that this cuckoo wrote? I guess nothing heh...
:-D
5 comments:
Lets dive into etymology shall we? Its either that, or u are missing home :P
English has a huge concoction of words from lots of languages, but looking at the list of words on wiki, it seems that a lot of those words are used more in the Indian context rather than International. 'Almirah' for one.. as for the Subaru incident, i think thats from hindi..
like in the song.. subarooooo roshniiii hai.. i'll stop now
sir...thats rubaruuu ...but nice try :D
:)
good post, maga...
I can so imagine u going crazy over the pataki thing !!! I echo bt's thots ! Fabulous blog.....
I was reading an article in the paper about Miss Suri Holmes.... Apparently Suri is the name of a nubian tribe near some Mali or something.... Sumne chappar name ella itkondu avribbru.... Rowdy hesru...
thanks...
that makes her a tribal girl ;)
or maybe it is 'suri'...as in suri, chellu, bisaku..
like u'r instructing her 'Suri cruise!'
aaah never mind..
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