Gayathri Venkataragavan at Narada Gana Sabha, April 19, 2007

blowhard747 · Post by **blowhard747** » 27 Apr 2007, 11:40

The only thing more jarring to the ear than apaswaram is the mispronunciation of words by the Natives. Todayâ€™s word is â€œLuzâ€

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 27 Apr 2007, 15:03

Though not as entertaining and nice as that of the review above.

a more mundane review of the same concert is found here:
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/04/27/stor ... 780400.htm

ram · Post by **ram** » 27 Apr 2007, 15:30

Wish "The Hindu" hired you to write those reviews in Friday review. I would keep refreshing the Hindu site every Friday early morning eagerly waiting for the review(s) to appear !!!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 27 Apr 2007, 16:12

yadhukulakAmbOdhi , followed by kedAragowlai ---> how was it blowhard747?, I would personally not prefer that closest overlap .Will I atleast collect $20. Anyway I am not a Luzer.

I see this is your first post, keep them coming.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 27 Apr 2007, 18:54

747 - nice review. I don't agree with the comment about Luz though. There are several words used by us borrowed from various sources - and we don't pronounce them in exactly their original forms. So why pick on 'Luz'?
Besides 'Loose corner' would sound a bit whacky! (pardon the pun, enna puNNa!

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rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 27 Apr 2007, 21:31

Blowhard,
You are indeed a man after my own heart - but before we get to split hairs between loosers and luzers, we should try and get people to pronounce their native words appropriately before traveling half way across the world to Europe....

A great review - I hope you get to attend concerts frequently, and more importantly, share your thoughts with us....

coimbatorerasigan · Post by **coimbatorerasigan** » 27 Apr 2007, 21:33

Blowhard747...or Bala747? One & The Same?

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 27 Apr 2007, 22:14

bala 747 flew in a 757 to go loose on Luz corner?--No, bala 747 is safely in SingappUr, I guess.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 27 Apr 2007, 22:18

The line below from the original post seems to suggest the two 747s may be the same...
[quote]...Syama Sastri has not written kritis in the â€œSingaporeâ€

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 27 Apr 2007, 22:36

The portuguese( or french? ) pronounciation of Luz is closer to 'leuse' than 'loose'... listen here carefully for an example in context:

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?ggs ... ean-de-Luz

( In both Portuguse and Spanish luz means light. Here is the background on the origin of Luz Church in Chennai: http://www.chennaionline.com/toursntrav ... church.asp )

If you tell this way to an auto driver, there is better than even chance he will take you to Kilpauk

rather than your intended destination.