What is meant by ‘paatethuradhu’?
Anyone knows what is meant by ‘paatethuradhu’?
I was in Sivakasi to attend a wedding. While returning, there was this guy who approached me near Amritaraj Theatre in Virudhunagar and asked, ” Anney inge enga anney paatetharaangey?”
I was flummoxed. What’s more, the guy who asked me, on seeing my confused face gave that ‘you don’t know this?’ look, and asked another one and the other guy casually pointed him to a shop nearby.
It was only later did I discover that ‘Paatethuradhu’ means, transferring tamil songs in mp3 to mobile phone. It’s Paatu + Yaetrudhal!! Whew!!
Coming to think of it, the fellow is right!
It’s only confused folks like me who use terms like ‘file transfer/mp3 download’ in between tamil words and confuse the language even further.
May 18th, 2008 at 5:24 am
This is called pure tamil culture
May 18th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Southern districts makkal are natural word smiths. Southern slang ultimately spreads to the rest of the state. Idhey madhiri, Patta Peyar vekaradhula avangala adichuka mudiyadhu.
May 19th, 2008 at 2:52 am
idhu nalla irukkey!
May 20th, 2008 at 8:10 am
AAR
Actually avanoda mental model is very interesting.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:11 am
BNB
Yeah and he was effortless!
May 20th, 2008 at 8:11 am
chakra,
namma use pannura words a vida nichayam better thaan!
May 20th, 2008 at 10:10 am
for some strange and unknown reason, this reminds of “poo medhikkiradhu”
May 20th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Arun,
:))
Aana avan soonadhu right dhaan nu enakku thonudhu