[Assam] Oxomiya bhaxar utpotti

[Chan Mahanta]

*** It's OK, A. Memory is a funny thing. It tends to get tinged. Not  
just that, it can even turn things
on their heads, like color-reversal in photography. Or making night  
out of day.  Or turning:

>> The Oxomiya language has come of its own, with contributions of many,
>> including the Sanskrit language.


into

 >is then when you learnt that Assamese and Sanskrit are not related,  
C'da?


*** That is why I ask if our friends can produce proof of bizarre  
things manufactured
and attributed to me, no doubt because of this darned memory thang :-).


*** Welcome back home and to assamnet. I just hope people will keep  
the fireworks going.
Where did you and Ram go?








On Jun 1, 2010, at 10:22 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:

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> About Assamese and Sanskrit - perhaps my memory was clouded due to  
> some mails like the one below, C'da?
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> Thanks for your wishes. We did have a great trip, though I could  
> never leave Assam(Net) for more than a day or so :), but ultimately  
> it's just great to be home.
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> From: cmahanta at gmail.com
>> To: assam at assamnet.org
>> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:53:18 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [Assam] Jatiyo Abhidhan
>>
>> I agree completely.
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>> Simplification is always a good move. And we ought not to be
>> apologists for Sanskritic
>> ways of pronouncing or spelling Oxomiya words. There is no reason for
>> it.
>> The Oxomiya language has come of its own, with contributions of many,
>> including
>> the Sanskrit language. But it has no need to pay homage to ways of
>> using the
>> language that have long disappeared among its users.
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>> On Mar 26, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Rajen Barua wrote:
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>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> I will have a discussion with Dr Sharma to know more details when
>>> things will setlle down.
>>>
>>> Dr Sharma did his doctorate under Dr Hiren Gohain who wrote a very
>>> impartial article on the debate on the dictionary.
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>>>
>>> All these Assamese (and Bengali also I think) dictionaries lack
>>> hints for pronunciation like they have in English dictionaries. As a
>>> result many Assamese wrongly think that there are difference of
>>> pronunciation between prothom SO and ditiyo SO, dontiyo TO and
>>> murdhyonio TO, etc. Assamese word spellings are just for the sake of
>>> spellings somewhat like the English language. These have no relation
>>> to actual word pronunciation. I donot think Jatiyo Obhidhan has
>>> incorporated any pronunciation tips either which is what we need. In
>>> Assamese, we take the pronunciation of a word for granted. The
>>> problem arises when some smart Assamese think that we should
>>> pronounce the letters like in Sanskrit or Hindi which Assamese is
>>> not. Dr. Golok Ch Goswami also suggested that Assamese dictionaries
>>> should have pronunciation tips. This is something, a new dictionary
>>> should go for. That will eliminate lot of confusion.
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>>> It is pathetic that the university students are burning the
>>> dictionary instead of coming up with constructive suggestions.
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>>>
>>> Rajen Barua
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>>>> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:24:29 +0530
>>>> From: uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in
>>>> To: assam at assamnet.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Assam] Jatiyo Abhidhan
>>>>
>>>> Rajen Da,
>>>>
>>>> I find your views on the above subject very reasonable. I would
>>>> like to hear
>>>> more from you on this to remain impartial academically.
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