[Assam] "Non-Veg"

Thu Feb 5 00:18:56 PST 2009

Respected Netizens
I am glad to be asssociated with this mailing list i am a regular
viewer even thou i dont revert most of the time. But today i have
something to express ,when it come to food Topics i just have to say;
It is Good Food Not Fine Words that keep me alive & that too always
being a Veg... (fresh ingedients preferably)

Plz read this letter as a error & ommision exempt Basis its  absolutly
with no intention to dishonour any individuals like or dislikes.

Regards Raj

On 2/5/09, Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangapani at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> such as 'bhori-pithaan'. WE had no idea what the etymology of the
> Some of my relatives used (and they still do) to say 'kun phale thom,
> muror-pothan-ot ne bhorir-pothan-ot thom'? :)
>
> I guess 'muror-xitaan' came from 'xirxho-sthaan', so only 'xi(rxho)taan'
> would do the job, and 'muror xitaan' is redundant, as Uttam mentioned.
>
> In other countries (other than India), "non-veg" are the "regular" and
> "normal" people (majority), so they do not need a special noun to describe
> them, I guess, and carnivore would be too primitive to be used to describe a
> human being(?).  But in India, about half of the population, may be, are
> vegetarians, so the 'non-veg' ones are the 'other' kind of people.
>
> I was not familiar with the term 'vegan' in India. My paternal grandmother
> who was a widow from the time that I knew her, did not eat meat, fish, egg,
> piyaj, or Masur-daail, was a 'pure-vegetarian' to us, but took all milk
> products. My father-in-law (and mother-in-law too) was a strict vegetarian
> (did not even take egg-plant (bengena) as it looks like fish when fried),
> but did take and was very fond of milk products, yogurt (doi) especially.
>
>
>  > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:14:52 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org> From:
> cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] "Non-Veg"> > Good explanation
> Uttam. Prof. Goswami is a wise man and a true scholar.> > 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.> > 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".>
>> > > > > > > > > > > At 8:22 PM +0530 2/4/09, uttam borthakur wrote:> >JS:>
>>> >This is an interesting question.> >> >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.> >> >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.> >> >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.> >> >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.> >> >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.> >> >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>
>>> >> >> >> >________________________________> >From: Jyotirmoy Sharma
> <jyotirmoy.sharma at gmail.com>> >To: A Mailing list for people interested in
> Assam from around the > >world <assam at assamnet.org>> >Sent: Wednesday, 4
> February, 2009 7:05:44 PM> >Subject: [Assam] "Non-Veg"> >> >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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