premalatha balan Wrote:
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> I haven't done the experiment yet... but I was
> thinking more about this and it enlightened me
> with one very interesting point....
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> <B style="color:black;background-color:#A0FFFF">speaking</B> another language fluently or by
> understanding what we are <B style="color:black;background-color:#A0FFFF">speaking</B> differs from
> saying just few words for fun or for travel
> purpose or similar purpose (saying words without
> giving much thought into what we are saying) is
> very different...
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> I have come across few, who were not native tamil
> speakers but have learnt and spoken Tamil... There
> were no accents!!!!!! (I had to recollect and
> analyse about that.. as, at those times, I wasn't
> <B style="color:black;background-color:#A0FFFF">speaking</B> any other language)....
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> but, there are different tamil accents, which are
> mainly regional differences...
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> there is a different scenerio.. <B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">Hindi</B> spoken by
> Tamilians is easily identifiable by its accent...
> but, When I learnt <B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">hindi</B> and started <B style="color:black;background-color:#A0FFFF">speaking</B>
> everyone around me told that I didn't get that
> accent.. Later (When I had enough
> understanding/knowledge on <B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">hindi</B> to be able to
> differentiate different accents) I found out that,
> people who learnt <B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">hindi</B> in tamil nadu or in tamil
> groups, had that accent... but I learnt <B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">hindi</B> from
> core-<B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">hindi</B>-<B style="color:black;background-color:#A0FFFF">speaking</B> area, and from the locals.. i
> didnot have any prior knowledge about <B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">hindi</B>.. so,
> I learnt the real-accent..
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> there is another scenerio...
> one of my turkish colleague's wife didn't know any
> English at all when she came here. she learnt
> English in Brittain.. amazingly she had that
> typical middle eastian accent!!!
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> I think main difference in Tamil is that language
> (the micro unit in Tamil) is defined by the time
> you take to say it.. so, you cannot change the way
> it is spoken... next things, is there are very few
> pronounciations that you will get wrong (such as
> the deep "l" thing).. otherwise, all tamil sounds
> are from inner-most-mouth to tip of lips...
> whereas in <B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">hindi</B> you have to use lungs to say "ha"
> sounds (G+ha, D+ha, T+ha, ch+ha, J+ha, b+ha,
> p+ha.... etc)....
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> but, if a native english speaker speaks tamil
> without understanding it, he/she will speak using
> your tip of the tongue mainly...
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