September 29, 2006

"THY " tales....

I always think why few people here face difficulty in reading Indian names. Today at work, i was discussing a research paper with my colleague. The authors of that paper were Saraswathy Ramamoorthy & Judith Myers. I just asked my colleague if she could read the name of the authors.
Uh,as expected she fumbled a bit(lot !!) to pronounce the first author's name correctly. And she quipped-"THY" -is seen in both the first/last names..LOL :-)

Its no wonder we get to read jokes like Anotherman Superman !!

Btw,Did you know that i introduce myself as Pablo to not so important people ?!


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rare names can be embarassing even if short. Being brought up in Delhi, my name is unknown to North Indians and as a student I always used to feel embarassed when being introduced to a new teacher.

Names should be simple and short.

Anonymous said...

I am a great fan of your blog..nice one you got here!

expertdabbler said...

:)
next time ask yr colleague to pronounce 'adengappa', it'll be interesting :))

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