To My Friend... (Anil)

by **sunny** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 10:14 am

hi Anil.... my topics seem to vary regularly. so thought i\'d start this board so that we can talk on random subjects... so what do u say? ... btw do u like the new Mariah Carey song - \"Bringin on the Heartache\"? have u seen any of these movies - \"Mr & Mrs. Iyer, American Desi, Every Body Says I\'m Fine\" i feel they r superb man. Indians r very talented in making films. hollywood movies these days suck.

by **Anil** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 10:28 pm

Hey Sunny, Why me???? Should I be flattered? Anyway thanks. But, I guess, this forum as much open to others and not just me. I still don\'t get the title of the Board \"Only for Anil\"!
 Never been a great fan of M Carey. I did see American Desi, the theme was OK but everything was over exaggerated especially the Tamil guy - totally in bad taste. It didn\'t even evoke any laughter. Didn\'t work for me. Mr & Mrs Iyer was good. I liked Revathi\'s Mitr also. My all time favorite is Hyderabad Blues. I am yet to see a better movie in that genre. Not all Hollywood movies suck. The problem is to be released in India they have to be either action or skin flicks. I recently watched Terminator-3. Well, it adds to my worst list of movies. If only I could get those 3 hrs back. Finding Nemo, Sindbad (computer animated and the old-styled animation) with voices of Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta Jones were wonderful. Pirates of the Caribbean was pretty good.

by **sunny** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 11:24 pm

I generally expect too much, man. And in the boards, your posts are provocative. I like your perspective. That\'s the reason I started this board.
 
Anyways, you must try listening to Mariah, man. Some of her numbers are appealing. Yeah, most of the movies which talk about Indians in the US are exaggerated. I think the approach to such movies should be changed completely. Why don\'t they make movies as movies, man? They seem more like a documentaries rather than like movies. Anyway, I guess there are many Indian-made movies which make a lot of difference. Didn\'t watch Mitr. And Hyderabad Blues is awesome. Kukunoor is one heck of a talented guy. I guess every Andhrite can some day place himself in the actor\'s place (in the film). 
Hollywood movies THESE days man! This film Dreamcatcher... What the hell is that? And 2 Fast 2 Furious?? Yuck! I liked The In-Laws and 28 Days Later. Dumb & Dumberer was really dumb. That fellow was no match for Jim Carrey. I\'m yet to watch Finding Nemo & Terminator 3. 
That\'s it 4 now. Laters!

by **sunny** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 8:11 am

hey man u got any advice as to how to work on my vocabulary?
 i need it desperately.

by **Anil** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 8:51 am

Well, start with a good news paper, or news site or a news channel. The Hindu (especially the editorials are good ones to start with) and BBC are good. Novels and some non-fiction writings are also good. Important thing is when you come across a word to which you don\'t know the meaning make it a point to look in the dictionary and a thesaurus. Always try to know the etymology i.e. the derivation and development of the word. For e.g. take a word trisdekaphobia - tri is three, deca is ten. So trisdeca is thirteen. Phobia is fear. Hence, trisdekaphobia is the fear of the number of 13. Similarly, somniloquist - persons who talk in their sleep (somnus is sleep and loquor is to speak). If you know the meaning of the roots, then you can form different words. This might sound stupid, but when I was young (I do it now also but less frequently), in my free time I used to take the dictionary and just randomly flip the pages and read the words, their roots and the antonyms. Most importantly, once you know a word you should try to use them in conversation and also in writing. Another simple way is when you are typing an essay or a letter or some document, once you finish the draft, use the built-in Thesaurus of MS-Office (It is under the Tools menu, under language). Or use the shortcut SHIFT+F7. If you find a better word use that. You can also look at the opposite of it. As with any other skills, building vocabulary also cannot be done overnight, it can be developed gradually. Well, happy word hunting!

by **DuDE_iN_tOwN** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 8:54 am

What up! Hope I\'m not \"trespassing\" into the Anil only territory!! It\'s gay (as in happy) and everything, but dude, really, get a messenger, and if Anil cares enuff, get him on that and chat - and if you deem necessary, post them here for the less unfortunate people to know about your happenings. Frankly, if I were Anil, I\'d be surprised by this non-essential attention - and what\'s more, this board is No: 1 in the listings!! Hehehe ..it\'d be fun if the moderator dude mentions this one in the main page ..what say fullhyd.com moderator!? Game ..(or Anil) for it

? Cheers !!

by **Anil** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 9:05 am

Hey Dude_In_Town, as I admitted earlier, I still don\'t get why \"Only for Anil\" But no harm as long as the discussion doesn\'t cross the \"laxmanrekha\" ;-)

by **DuDe iN tOwN** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 12:17 pm

laxman rekha kaadu dude ..Anil rekha anu

by **mrk** » Mon Jul 21, 2003 12:45 pm

Anil, your suggestion is fine. I appreciate it. I am also weak in grammar. I learnt something from your post. Thanking you a lot for it.

by b. » Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:13 pm

I want everyone to come into this board and write/say something s****y, to give hard time to these guys:)!

by **sunny** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 8:24 am

Thanx for the advice, Anil. Hey Yo Dude in town, no one\'s gay here. Pls try minding your own business. And there\'s one more thing, the board that is last seen or posted gets to the top of the list. So the moderators don\'t decide which board comes first. Like he mentioned in another board, it\'s an algorithm, dude. And you, b. 21(whoever you are) - criticism is an art. If you think u\'ve mastered it, go for it and criticize this board, or else just back off. \'Cos if Anil & I here start nagging, you won\'t be able to back your stuff up.
 
 
Aw righty then - Anil, I feel that even if you know the meaning of a word, its usage is pretty confusing. So I\'m working hard these days, hopefully I\'ll be better in 6 months time. Anyway, thanx again. So it was apparent from your other boards that you are a Doc. Soo how\'d you get there? Were you born there or got there from India? If u\'ve started from here, then I think it must have been a total of 9 years study - 5 here and 4 there! How\'d you manage man? Hey, and do u know this couple from Pakistan who\'ve come to B\'lore for a surgery? It\'s over (the surgery) and the baby is fine (u must have seen in the news). Okay, catch ya later...

by **Atul** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:15 am

hey Anil, i do agree with sunny, u use very good vocablary and have got a pretty good style of expressing things. but i happened to read one of your messages and u used some words like \"fizzle\", \"nauseam\", \"fillip\" and few other words in the same message whose meaning i could not find even at dictionary.com. I would appreciate if u could please tell me the meanings.

by **Anil** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:36 am

Thanks for the complements. However, I am sorry for making you go through the hassles of trying to figure out what the hell I meant. Anyway, fizzle or fizzle out means to end feebly or end tamely. Fillip means to stimulate, to boost. ad nauseam is anything that has been done excessively almost to the verge of sickness. If I am not wrong that\'s what is the original meaning in Latin - to sickness. BTW, I just checked at dictionary.com, fizzle and fillip are listed. Instead of nauseam alone, look for ad nauseam - its listed too.

by **Anil** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:47 am

Fizzle as the word sounds is often referred to something which is bubbly, or effervesces like champagne. Its also used to indicate the sound made by fireworks. When we say something has lost its fizz or fizzle out, we mean it no longer has the strength or power it once had. Hope that suffices.

by **DuDE_iN_tOwN** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:22 pm

Oh man Sunny relax dude ..noone\'s calling anyone gay. And besides, what\'s wrong in being gay? Is it frowned upon? This is one of the attitudes that we seriously need to think about. It is now considered that some people are born \"gay\". It\'s like being born \"straight\". So it\'s no big deal. I will never make sex-orientnation jokes because they\'re no different than making jokes about sex itself. So relax. It just sounded funny to me that you had to pin point one person in the board. Sad, that you can\'t see the \"phun\" in it. Oh well anyway try to take it easy mate
 
 
 Cheers !!

by **sunny** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 8:56 am

Hey Dude in town… don’t fizzle out buddy. (btw I just learnt that word)… Anil I presume there is a difference between general English and American English. And what u use is by and large American. It’s is estimated that 2% of the Indian population speaks correct English. So hell with words, it’s a great gift if people r grammatically correct. And it’s really embarrassing when we enter boards like this and we r’nt able to use eloquent words. Like Atul mentioned, u have a pretty in fact very good style of expressing things. Keep those words coming man we’ll do what can(I mean learn them).

by **DuDE_iN_tOwN** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:16 am

You know sunny you bring a great point in and I\'ve been thinking about this for a while. In India, we tend to sort of ..well ..make fun of people with funny english accents and of those whose english is kinda \"butlery\". I used to do that myself! I was in LFJC and we had the funniest computer professor !!! My point is ..when I went out of India and heard the people from other places talk in English, I mean ..it doesnt sound funny and infact I find myself trying to understand them more rather than making jokes at if n stuff. Maybe its just me. It got me thinking as to why people, or for that matter even I do/did that. I dont think anyone should be embarassed about a language. It\'s okay to feel a little short but that feeling is not something that should be allowed to be \"judged\" by other people. I know I crammed a lot of things in here ..hope you can make sense of most of it !!
 
 Cheers

by **Anil** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:19 am

The bottom line is whether your audience is able to understand you or not. After all, what is the use of flowery language if you can\'t reach your audience? The other thing most of us try to do is to over-correct our accent. A European or a Chinese never do that. They are quite comfortable with their accents. Accents are something which cannot be changed overnight. Accents are actually sexy!
 BTW, Sunny, I have intentionally circumvented the personal questions you have asked. Suffice to say, I am a humble hyderabadi! Isn\'t it enough to participate in these discussions? :-)

by **sunny** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 11:37 am

Although a European won’t give a thought over his accent, he I’m sure is grammatically correct. So it won’t make any difference. Indian accent is simply superb man I personally like it, esp’ in the cities. If talking is all about communicating then even a dumb man’s gist can be understood. But I don’t think that is enough. The way u communicate is more important. And I’m sure u get a better response if done so. Accent comes into play only at the end my friend. The main part is the vocabulary. ………………………….. and Dude in town, even we used to make fun of our lecturer. I guess that is the general human disposition. I don’t know about u but I feel embarrassed if I’m not in a position to use proper words.

by **DuDe iN toWN** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 6:30 am

Well, I dont think embarassed is the right word, I\'d feel out of words sure, but I speak 3 Indian languages and even though my thought process is by and large english, I\'d just take a deep breath and let it go. Cuz if I can\'t find the words to describe something, I simply dont have any words for that situation/scenario/conversation !! hehehe !! and oh, the Europeans are\'nt all that gramatically correct, they just have a different accent, one that may seem closer to the actual \"English\" accent. Oh, if anyone\'s wondering what languages I speak, it\'s Hindi, Tamil and Telugu

Cheers !!

by b. » Thu Jul 31, 2003 1:49 pm

This goes out to Anil
 

 
What is correct to say.
 

 
I will be by your side//I will be at your side//I will be on your side.

by **pavani** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:44 am

haha yes sir. maybe sunny loves u anil

by **Anil** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 8:47 am

Well B, I am not an authority of grammar. But, let me see, if I can handle this. OK, as far as I know all the three forms are correct but the usage differs. These phrases basically differ by the use of different propositions, namely, \"by\", \"at\", and \"on\". Of these, \"at\" and \"on\" are propositions of place or time. Coming to the actual usage, when you say \"on your side\", you don\'t have to be literally present next to the person you are referring to you. It could be figurative also, for e.g. in your thoughts or as a support in an election or in defense during an argument. However, when you say, “at your side” or “by your side”, then you have to literally present next to the person you are referring to. However, of these two, “by your side” is used more often than “at your side”. The “at” is more popular as a proposition of time. For e.g.: I will be at your place tomorrow at 9.00 O’clock. I am subject to correction, if anyone can chip in.

by **sunny** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 1:21 pm

hi Anil... do u know any sites that provide free domain services (like geocities) and support frontpage?? geocities does not support frontpage.(it used to though)...

by **pavani** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:30 pm

yes, u can try lycos.com and whitehouse.com they will give u free webspaces. bcos i have my own there. it is free & v nice.

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