Comments for .pharaoh. http://pharaoh.wordpress.com .spiritus sanctus. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:05:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Avast! You land lubbers! by Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum! « Curd Rice Chronicles http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/avast-you-land-lubbers/#comment-2179 Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum! « Curd Rice Chronicles Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:05:34 +0000 http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/avast-you-land-lubbers/#comment-2179 [...] I found one of those items listed at a blog . The link there actually lists how you can talk like a pirate and get away with [...] [...] I found one of those items listed at a blog . The link there actually lists how you can talk like a pirate and get away with [...]

]]> Comment on .babel. by Vikram http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/babel/#comment-2177 Vikram Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:39:22 +0000 http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2177 No, you are not the exception, you do follow the rule. :D No, you are not the exception, you do follow the rule. :D

]]> Comment on .babel. by pharaoh http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/babel/#comment-2158 pharaoh Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:19:25 +0000 http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2158 oneiro: "Some great thinkers of the universe are born with that ability." Ha ha.. looks like I am an exception to the rule oneiro: “Some great thinkers of the universe are born with that ability.”

Ha ha.. looks like I am an exception to the rule

]]> Comment on .babel. by pharaoh http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/babel/#comment-2157 pharaoh Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:18:17 +0000 http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2157 “The sanskrit / hindi Sha (the second Sha) is also a retroflex. Not the same as the first Sha..although people hardly make the distinction while talking (bhAshe ! == bhAShe).” No kidding.. my own real name is spelled with the second SHA in it, but I have never quite known the difference between the two pronuncations. “vyAzhakizhamai vAzhai pazhanthil vazhakku vazhakku vizhunthAn.” That was fun to say. What does it mean? “In tamizh, there’s a lot of conflicts between voiced and unvoiced consonants as well (for all purposes, (in the script that is).. mahAkavi = magAgavi ).” Now I understand why you used to call me garSHad :) “Learning a tonal language must be the same as Indian (classical)music too. Most have no absolute pitch. So technically I suppose you can’t equate it to the western notation/nomenclature” Good catch! I just don’t know enough Indian classical music to throw some catch-phrases around :) “Ear Training (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_Training) / parsing things into musical notes is something that a lot of people like me struggle to do.” Its not that difficult.. you need to associate something with each pitch. Singers can learn it fastest since they can associate their own voice with it. But anybody who learns to play some musical instrument should be able to train their ears. “The sanskrit / hindi Sha (the second Sha) is also a retroflex. Not the same as the first Sha..although people hardly make the distinction while talking (bhAshe ! == bhAShe).”

No kidding.. my own real name is spelled with the second SHA in it, but I have never quite known the difference between the two pronuncations.

“vyAzhakizhamai vAzhai pazhanthil vazhakku vazhakku vizhunthAn.”
That was fun to say. What does it mean?

“In tamizh, there’s a lot of conflicts between voiced and unvoiced consonants as well (for all purposes, (in the script that is).. mahAkavi = magAgavi ).”

Now I understand why you used to call me garSHad :)

“Learning a tonal language must be the same as Indian (classical)music too. Most have no absolute pitch. So technically I suppose you can’t equate it to the western notation/nomenclature”

Good catch! I just don’t know enough Indian classical music to throw some catch-phrases around :)

“Ear Training (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_Training) / parsing things into musical notes is something that a lot of people like me struggle to do.”

Its not that difficult.. you need to associate something with each pitch. Singers can learn it fastest since they can associate their own voice with it. But anybody who learns to play some musical instrument should be able to train their ears.

]]> Comment on .babel. by Pavan http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/babel/#comment-2155 Pavan Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:21:13 +0000 http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2155 Learning a tonal language must be the same as Indian (classical)music too. Most have no absolute pitch. So technically I suppose you can't equate it to the western notation/nomenclature. Ear Training (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_Training) / parsing things into musical notes is something that a lot of people like me struggle to do. Speaking / learning a tonal language seems a really scary proposition. Learning a tonal language must be the same as Indian (classical)music too. Most have no absolute pitch. So technically I suppose you can’t equate it to the western notation/nomenclature.

Ear Training (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_Training) / parsing things into musical notes is something that a lot of people like me struggle to do. Speaking / learning a tonal language seems a really scary proposition.

]]> Comment on .babel. by Pavan http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/babel/#comment-2154 Pavan Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:14:55 +0000 http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2154 'zha' is not the only unpronouncable syllable. There 're actually a bunch of them. These are some class of phonemes in between the retrroflexes and the approximants. For ex, there's one more..between ya and la. haLegannaDa used to have two..one closer to La and the other closer to ra. You should try pronouncing - vyAzhakizhamai vAzhai pazhanthil vazhakku vazhakku vizhunthAn. These things apart, All Dravidian languages are actually phonetically pretty poor. For instance, none of the native words ever contain mahAprANas (aspirated consonants). In tamizh, there's a lot of conflicts between voiced and unvoiced consonants as well (for all purposes, (in the script that is).. mahAkavi = magAgavi ). Kannada and Telugu native words seldom contain mahAprAnAs too, despite the sanskritic influence being very high. The sanskrit / hindi Sha (the second Sha) is also a retroflex. Not the same as the first Sha..although people hardly make the distinction while talking (bhAshe ! == bhAShe). ‘zha’ is not the only unpronouncable syllable. There ‘re actually a bunch of them. These are some class of phonemes in between the retrroflexes and the approximants. For ex, there’s one more..between ya and la. haLegannaDa used to have two..one closer to La and the other closer to ra.
You should try pronouncing – vyAzhakizhamai vAzhai pazhanthil vazhakku vazhakku vizhunthAn.

These things apart, All Dravidian languages are actually phonetically pretty poor. For instance, none of the native words ever contain mahAprANas (aspirated consonants). In tamizh, there’s a lot of conflicts between voiced and unvoiced consonants as well (for all purposes, (in the script that is).. mahAkavi = magAgavi ). Kannada and Telugu native words seldom contain mahAprAnAs too, despite the sanskritic influence being very high.

The sanskrit / hindi Sha (the second Sha) is also a retroflex. Not the same as the first Sha..although people hardly make the distinction while talking (bhAshe ! == bhAShe).

]]> Comment on .babel. by Oneorodynic http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/babel/#comment-2153 Oneorodynic Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:54:55 +0000 http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-2153 The Zh effect.The trick is to take your tongue to the top but not touch the top but leave 2mm between the tongue and the upper (?) part of your mouth.Zh is a direct result of the air which gets trapped between this narrow confine and gets expelled to the universe utilizing all crazy rules of aerodynamics. Some great thinkers of the universe are born with that ability. The Zh effect.The trick is to take your tongue to the top but not touch the top but leave 2mm between the tongue and the upper (?) part of your mouth.Zh is a direct result of the air which gets trapped between this narrow confine and gets expelled to the universe utilizing all crazy rules of aerodynamics.

Some great thinkers of the universe are born with that ability.

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]]> Comment on The Starry Night by amina http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2006/01/29/11/#comment-2146 amina Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:12:40 +0000 http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2006/01/29/11/#comment-2146 love you pic i cont even drow like that. love you pic i cont even drow like that.

]]> Comment on The price “we” pay by Economics Topics News » Blog Archive » The price “we” pay http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/the-price-we-pay/#comment-2099 Economics Topics News » Blog Archive » The price “we” pay Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:41:58 +0000 http://pharaoh.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/the-price-we-pay/#comment-2099 [...] The price “we” payBy pharaohFor a limited resource with high demand, such as gasoline, the price elasticity of demand is very high, and consequently can adversely affect the economy. Yes, we all know that, but by how much does it really affect? ….pharaoh. - http://pharaoh.wordpress.com [...] [...] The price “we” payBy pharaohFor a limited resource with high demand, such as gasoline, the price elasticity of demand is very high, and consequently can adversely affect the economy. Yes, we all know that, but by how much does it really affect? ….pharaoh. – http://pharaoh.wordpress.com [...]

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