[Assam] House and Home

Mon Jan 28 07:00:50 PST 2008

O'Pai Bikash:

Mwr bhultw bujilw. Moi akou twmar poinot-poinot kotha-gila xuni 
bhabilw tumi mwtkoi bohut dangor. Tate akou oboxor-prapto buliw 
likihisila nohoy?

Anyway, c-da is fine.  Dangoriya bor besi formal hobo. Moi tenei 
informal manuh.

Morom seneh jaaniba.

Iti twmar,

  so-kai

At 10:29 AM +0000 1/28/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS wrote:
>Dangoriya,
>   Bipad mor he bechi..... Aponar chowali bahoot dangor. mor matra 
>9th class.National level KV girls hockey player for 2 long yrs.
>   Apuni motkoi bahoot dangor.Mor janma 03-03-63.............
>   Etiya apuniyei kawkchon!!
>   
>   Bikash
>
>Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>
>O' Bikash Kaiti:
>
>Apuni mwk 'dada' buli nematilew hobo diyok. Sondon buliyei
>maatibo. Apuni mwtkoi olop dangor he hobo jen laagise. Xoru holew
>moi jogor nodhorw.
>
>Sroddha-morom jaanibo.
>
>Iti bineet,
>
>Sondon
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>At 3:09 AM +0000 1/28/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS wrote:
>>Chan dada,
>>  Ami Mangaldaiya naiba Kamrupiya bhaxat kao- Nijor Bahat (Bahaa=
>>Ghar)nije jui lagowa!!.
>>  Bikash
>>
>>Chan Mahanta wrote:
>>  Well, Alpana, I think you have mixed up two different issues: One of
>>a social evolution with that of semantics.
>>
>>Even if you had two distinctly different single words in Oxomiya
>>bhaxa distinguishing a 'home' from a mere 'house', it still would not
>>resolve your conflicts, would it?
>>
>>The significance of a 'home' in one's psyche lies in what memories it
>>holds for her. Those who grew up in many places, moving with their
>>families' job transfers or what have you, would have very little
>>attachments to a house as a 'home', even if the quality of the
>>environment might have been just as memorable and dear. On the other
>>hand someone who grew up in a shelter, however humble, in a loving
>>and caring environment, will hold the memories of that house as a
>>'home' quite dear. And no matter how clearly words distinguish the
>>meanings of the two in a language, it would not have any impact on
>>one's perception of that shelter as a mere house or a dear home.
>>
>>That is the difference.
>>
>>So, why did I even chime in?
>>
>>For the simple reason of detecting a sense of defensiveness in
>>respondents scurrying to grab this Sanskrit word or that few Oxomiyas
>>use in their communications; no doubt to prove that their mother
>>tongue is as nuanced as the highly evolved Hindi that you
>>confronted them with examples :-).
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>>At 12:23 PM -0600 1/27/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>>>Hi C'da:
>>>
>>>>  I think we are attempting to split hairs over nothing.
>>>
>>>:) Right, right, in general we should not, and never split hairs
>>>over things. :)
>>>  > Just because another language differentiates between a house and
>>>a > home, and Oxomiya does not, one does not need to go into a fit of
>>>Yes, the keyword is "need".
>>>
>>>If you have not noticed, the need to define a "house" and a "home"
>>>have arisen in today's Assam. People are not that simple anymore. I
>>>get "culture-shock" every time I go to India now-a-days, a place
>>>that I was born and grew up in and had 'faith' in.
>>>
>>>Some do become interested after a HOUSE for which they were never
>>>"interested" when it was a HOME - filled with people that welcomed
>>>them with love and warmth.
>>>
>>>See the need now C'da? I definitely do.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>  grabbing at Sanskrit words that few use. For us 'ghor' is a
>>>>ghor--a > house and a home too. The difference lies in HOW it is
>>>>used in a > sentence. There are many such nuances to all languages.
>>>>The > differentiation lies in the usage.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree
>>>and humble like a blade of grass"
>>>- Lakshmana
>>>
>>>
>>>  > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:54:44 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org>
>>>From: cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] (no subject)> > > I
>>>think we are attempting to split hairs over nothing.> > Just because
>>>another language differentiates between a house and a > home, and
>  >>Oxomiya does not, one does not need to go into a fit of > grabbing
>>>at Sanskrit words that few use. For us 'ghor' is a ghor--a > house
>>>and a home too. The difference lies in HOW it is used in a >
>>>sentence. There are many such nuances to all languages. The >
>>>differentiation lies in the usage.> > > > > > > > > > > At 6:00 PM
>>>-0600 1/26/08, kamal deka wrote:> >HOUSE = BHOBON / AWAKH
>>>/GRIHO> >HOME = GRIHO BAKH /GHOR> >KJD> >> >> >On 1/26/08, Alpana B.
>>>Sarangapani wrote:> >>> >>> >> Does
>>>anybody know if there are separate words for "home" and "house"
>>>in> >> Assamese? I know we use 'ghor' .> >>> >> But if you need to
>>>assert the real meanings of a "real" home and just a> >> house with
>>  >4 walls, what are they?> >>> >> I believe it is 'ghar`' for home and
>>>'makaan' for house in Hindi.> >>> >> Thanks for your
>>>help.> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> "In order to make spiritual
>>>progress you must be patient like a tree and> >> humble like a blade
>>>of grass"> >> - Lakshmana> >>> >>> >>> >>
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