Comments on: Mastering Malayalam Names

By: Diya

Diya — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:54:35 +0000

In reply to Sanoop. Haha. I have no idea how you and Sandeep learnt...

By: Sanoop

Sanoop — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:37:48 +0000

This is hilarious! So true – especially the comparison to gargling. Helps soften the throat for all those fish bones!

By: Diya

Diya — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:15:30 +0000

In reply to jaya. That's so funny that you wrote that. Thanks for sharing. Amma is actually with me now and laughing.

By: Diya

Diya — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:09:14 +0000

In reply to Geetha. I found the names so fascinating I had to do a blog post. So are you Geethakutty or Geethamol :)

By: Geetha

Geetha — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:16:34 +0000

I definitely agree with you that Malayalam is not an easy language to learn! I still struggle with it after all these years!!

By: jaya

jaya — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:59:40 +0000

Diya , I laughed my heart out after going through your description of Malayalam language.I have inter acted with Phillo & I have observed the same mannerisms as you mentioned in your write-up.Most of the Keralites swing their heads in synchronizing with the flow of rounded words.Yes, some of their names are a real tongue-twisters & difficult to pronounce.When I was in school , my Hindi pundith by the name of Shri.Kuttan Pillai had an heavy Malayalam accent. Diya, at one of the Parties where my daughter danced to the Hindi song based in Kerala which goes like kuruvalle kuruvalle & no sooner this song came up Phillo was all smiles.By the way I am from Hyderabad & I strongly recommend you to visit that historic City which is cosmopolitan city like Mumbai.