[Assam] "Non-Veg"

[Chan Mahanta]

At 9:05 PM +0530 2/4/09, uttam borthakur wrote:
>Chandan Da:      I notice with amusement that you could not help 
>going for the jibe. This makes the chit-chat juicy.. in my opinion.
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>Uttam Kumar Borthakur




***  I try to be pro-active on these matters of communication by 
taking preemptive action, having learnt from experiences over the 
years of our friends'  proclivities about  attempting to spin :-).

If that adds spice to the discourse, why not ?









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>From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
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>Sent: Wednesday, 4 February, 2009 8:44:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] "Non-Veg"
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>Good explanation Uttam. Prof. Goswami is a wise man and a true scholar.
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>BTW, back in Upper-Assam, we all grew up saying 'muror-xitaan' and 
>'bhorir  pothaan'. In fact these were further degenerated  to forms 
>such as 'bhori-pithaan'. WE had no idea what the etymology of the 
>words/phrases were. However they were well understood by everyone 
>ands thus effective as means of communication.
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>It wouldn't be so, if we arbitrarily change the meaning of a word or 
>a phrase  to suit a particular need, as in "Indian secularism".
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>At 8:22 PM +0530 2/4/09, uttam borthakur wrote:
>>  JS:
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>>  This is an interesting question.
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>>  Vegetarian used as a noun should mean one who does not take any 
>>food other than vegetables or derived out of vegetables. I do not 
>>know whether 'rice' is a vegetable or not. This definition would 
>>rule out dairy products as well.
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>>  I think vegetarian used as a noun would exclude those people, who 
>>eat flesh or egg. As an adjective, as in vegetarian food, it would 
>>qualify those food that are not flesh or egg.
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>>  So you see, the term would convey a meaning in general (in popular 
>>parlance) and the de-construction part may be that of the person 
>>who takes cognisance.
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>>  I found that on-line Merriam Webster dictionary has an entry for 
>>this word under the prefix NON. Also, there are numerous sites 
>>referring to  the term non-vegetarian. So, it is in use; and 
>>whether or not used in a particular community it is a part of the 
>>vocabulary of a considerable size of English speaking and English 
>>reading population of the world.
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>>  I do not know whether you are acquainted with the name of 
>>Professor Golok Chandra Goswami. He's an expert of the Oxomiya 
>>language. Now there was a controversy between us friends as to 
>>whether there can be terms like "BHORIR POTHAN" and "MUROR XITHAN". 
>>Because, PADA + STHAN( legs + place) are fused (xomaxbaddha roop) 
>>into POTHAN. So, some people suggested that use of the word BHORIR 
>>before POTHAN would be an absurdity! When the debate raged, I had 
>>chanced upon this illustrious professor and placed the question for 
>>his arbitration, because, such terms were used by Late Mitra Dev 
>>Mahanta in "Mou-Mahabharat" at PRASTUTI PARBA.
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>>  The good professor with great patience explained to me that there 
>>are certain thing in a language called STREAM-ROLLER of ANALOGY. 
>>So, both BHORIR POTHAN and MUROR XITHAN are correct though they are 
>>apparent inexactitude.He said that it needs broader mindset to 
>>enrich language and culture!
>>  Uttam Kumar Borthakur
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>>  From: Jyotirmoy Sharma <jyotirmoy.sharma at gmail.com>
>>  To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the 
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>>  Sent: Wednesday, 4 February, 2009 7:05:44 PM
>>  Subject: [Assam] "Non-Veg"
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>>  Sorry ..not an adult joke :-)
>>  Does anyone know if the word "non-veg" is used anywhere outside India ?
>>  I think it is actually a wrong use of the English language to describe
>>  people who eat both vegetarian and meat products. I am not aware of any word
>>  that describes people who fall in this category. I only hear the word from
>>  Indians and Indian restaurants.
>>  Just curious.
>>  JS
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