Ambimama - India

Knowing that death was near, the critically old man called his lawyer. “I want to become a lawyer. How much is it or the express degree you told me about?”
“It’s $50,000, but why do you want to become a lawyer when you’ll soon be dead?” asked the lawyer.
“That is none of your business. Just get me the course!” the old man demanded.
A few short days later, the old man obtained his law degree.
The lawyer, hoping to get his bill paid, was standing at his bedside. Suddenly, the old man was racked with fits of coughing and it was evident that the end was very near. Still very curious, the lawyer leaned over him and said, “Please, while there is still time, tell me why you wanted to get a law degree so badly before you died?”
Gasping for his final breath, the old man whispered, “One less lawyer … ”

Materialistic Lawyer
Wanting to show off his car to his colleagues, the successful, young lawyer parked his new Lexus in front of the office. As he was getting out of it, a truck passed too closely and tore off the door on the driver’s side. The lawyer immediately called 911 on his cell phone and summoned the police, who arrived within minutes.
Before the officer had the opportunity to ask any questions, the lawyer began ranting and raving hysterically. He had just picked up his new car that morning and said it would never be the same, no matter what the body shop did to it.
Shaking his head in total disbelief and disgust, the officer said to him, “It’s unbelievable how materialistic you lawyers really are. You’re so focused on your possessions, you haven’t even noticed anything else.”
“How could you possibly say such a thing?” the lawyer asked.
“Are you aware that your left arm is missing from the elbow down?” the officer replied. “It must have been torn off when the truck hit you.”
“Oh my God,” the lawyer screamed, “where’s my Rolex!”

I Resent That
A drunk was sitting at the bar when he suddenly jumped up and yelled, “All lawyers are assholes!”
Hearing this, the guy sitting across from him quickly stood up and said, “Hey buddy, I resent that!”
“Why, you a lawyer?” the drunk asked.
“No,” replied the guy, “I’m an asshole!”

Heavenly Appeal
Finding himself in heaven after he passed away, the lawyer was very displeased with his accommodations. Complaining to St. Peter, he was advised that appealing his assignment was the only recourse he had. When he stated to St. Peter that he most definitely did plan to appeal, he was then told that there would be at least a two year wait before his appeal could be heard. As much as the lawyer protested against such a lengthy wait, it fell on deaf ears.
In a short time, the lawyer was approached by the devil. The devil advised him that if he was willing to change venue to hell, he could arrange to have an appeal heard in a matter of days. The lawyer then asked the devil how it was possible for appeals to be heard so much sooner in hell.
The devil explained, “We have all the judges.”

New Client
A lawyer opened his own office right after successfully passing the bar exam. Sitting idly at his desk, his secretary announced that a Mr. Baker was there to see him. He told his secretary to show him right in.
Thinking that it was a new client he wanted to make a good impression. As Mr. Baker was entering his office, the lawyer picked up the phone and yelled into it … “Absolutely not! You tell them I will not settle this case for less than five hundred thousand dollars. Don’t bother me again until that amount has been agreed to!” Slamming the phone down, he greeted Mr. Baker saying, “How do you do Mr. Baker. What can I do to help you?”
Mr. Baker replied, “Hi, I’m from the phone company. I’m here to connect your phone.”

Lawyer and the Priest
A priest and a lawyer were having a conversation. The priest asked the lawyer what he did if he made a big mistake on a case. “If it’s insignificant, I ignore it. If it’s big, I attempt to fix it. What do you do?” said the lawyer.
The priest replied, “Pretty much the same thing. I’ll give you an example. The other day I meant to say ‘the devil is the father of liars’. Instead what I said was, ‘the devil is the father of lawyers’, so I just let it go.

Drowning Lawyer
What can you do to stop a lawyer from drowning? 
Remove your foot from his head.

You Can’t Take It With You
A greedy lawyer, diagnosed with a terminal illness, was determined to prove the saying “You can’t take it with you” wrong. Giving it some thought he was sure he had figured out a way to take some of his money with him when he died.
He told his wife to go to the bank and withdraw enough cash to fill a couple of pillow cases. Then she was to take the filled pillow cases to the attic and place them directly above his bed. That way, when he did die, all he would have to do was reach out and grab the cases on his way to heaven.
Weeks after his funeral his wife was up in the attic and found the two forgotten cases filled with cash. “Silly fool,” she said. “I told him I should have put the cases in the basement.”

Professional American football is called the Super Bowl

The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

It is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) in the United States. The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday, which over the years has become likened to an unofficial U.S. national holiday.

The Super Bowl is usually the most-watched U.S. television broadcast of the year, attracting many companies to spend millions of dollars on commercials.

This has caused the starting time of the game to be pushed back later and later, to ensure the Sunday night prime time audience on the East Coast. The last true day game (which ended before local sunset) of the series was Super Bowl XI in January 1977.

In addition, many popular singers and musicians have performed during the Super Bowl’s pre-game and halftime ceremonies. This is the second-largest U.S. food consumption day, following Thanksgiving.

By any measure, the Super Bowl is one of the most watched television programs of the year in the U.S.
It is estimated that 130-140 million tune into some part of the game.

Following Apple Computer’s 1984 commercial introducing the Apple Macintosh computer, directed by Ridley Scott, the broadcast of the Super Bowl became the premier showcase for high concept or simply extravagantly expensive commercials.

Famous commercial campaigns include the Budweiser “Bud Bowl” campaign, and the 1999 and 2000 dot-com ads. Prices have increased each year, with reports citing a record US$2.6 million for a 30 second spot during Super Bowl XLI in 2007. Many people tune in to the Super Bowl solely to watch the creative commercials.

Given the immense popularity of the Super Bowl, it may be surprising to discover that videotapes of the telecasts of the first two Super Bowls are not known to exist.

Janet Jackson’s (in)famous act:
During halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston in the year 2004, Justin Timberlake removed a piece of Janet Jackson’s top, exposing her right breast with a star-shaped ring around the nipple.

Timberlake and Jackson have maintained that the incident was accidental, calling it a “wardrobe malfunction.” To make matters worse, the game was airing on CBS, and MTV (at the time, a corporate sister company of CBS within Viacom), produced the halftime show.

Immediately after that live (not tape-delayed) moment, the producer cut to a very wide-angle shot and the announcer said, “Thank you for watching the Super Bowl halftime show!” followed immediately by a commercial break. However, viewers with TiVo captured the moment in detail, and video captures circulated quickly on the Internet.

The NFL, embarrassed from the incident, permanently banned MTV from doing another halftime show in any capacity. This also led to the FCC tightening controls on indecency and fining CBS US$225,000 for the incident, as well as fining each of CBS’s then twenty owned and operated stations. The following year, Paul McCartney gave an uncontroversial halftime performance for Super Bowl XXXIX.

Tamil Dialects in major cities with meanings”
Madras
Enna Naina – Greeting a friend – like Hi, What news?
Nasta Thunnia – Did you have breakfast?
Va Vadyare – Hi (respected) leader! Welcome to a elderly/powerful man in the area
Voodu katradu - Ready or making preparations to for a street fight
Savu grakki – bad and scolding word meaning deadly customer! Commonly used by Auto-rickshaw drivers to bargaining passengers.
Porambokku – again a slang bad word – ‘wasted land’ - to scold careless walkers on the road, those who overtake on the wrong side or any person doing an unlawful thing.
Thalaiva – ‘Leader’ – Addressing to a local or big leader
Peechangai – Left Hand
Sothukai – Right Hand
Bardu – ‘Bastard’
Thottam – A slum area where hundreds live with popular rowdies.
Dappan koothu – A dance with no music – only drums and usually played when a slum fellow dies.
Rascol – slang for Rascal
Pazahm - A sarcastic word to address a fool. Pazham actually means ripe fruit and a knowledgeable person.
Egirade – ‘Do not over act’ or ‘put an act of jumping for no reason’
Aye – A threatening word used commonly in Tamil cinema to address an enemy or gangster – meaning ‘Hey Dare You!’
Kadalai – Talking to a girl for a long time to impress her
Dhuttu Keedha? ‘Do you have money?’
Sarakku – slang for country liquor (like Taqila)
Bemani – slang word for a person who has cheated or misbehaved.
Vanaam Engayile Vachukade – Warning an opponent ‘ Do not rub me on the wrong side. It will kick back on you!

Thanjavur
Tootham - Water
Athukku – Home
Eiyna Enge Vango – Respectful address by wife to husband – ‘Please come here’
Pozahcu Kedanda – Word with Philosophic meaning for doing a work the next day ‘I we are alive, we will do that tomorrow’
Thinnai - A verandah like place in front of the house in villages – where discussions, debate, card playing (mostly Rummy) and travelers take rest.
Arattai – A useless discussion on any topic local or national in Thinnai
Utsavam – Normally it means a holy celebration in a Temple. But in slang it means ‘Great Joy in home’ like marriage, honeymoon or travel to river banks for swimming.
Kondattam – Same meaning as Utsavam but relates to making merry like playing, eating, singing and dancing.
Sowkyama? - How are you? Fine?
Nokku Enna Theriyum? – ‘What do you know?’ (You know Nothing)
Amavasaikkum Abdul Kadarakkum enna sambandam? – A proverb meaning ‘What does a Muslim person has to do with No-moon day? (which is auspicious to Hindus). The actual meaning is ‘Do not relate irrelevant matters in serious discussion or happenings.’

Kovai (Coimbatore – Kongu Tamil)
Ammani – Respectful address to a woman
Enunga – Respectful address by a woman to man
Ravaki – For the night

Madurai
Vaga - Welcome
Varihala ‘Will you please come?’(Famous song by Nagesh and Manorama - Muthu kullikka varihala)
Aela - Hi

English
Well this will be covered later There are Irish, Polish, American slang –North Indians famous dephinitely (for definitely).

But what surprises me most is the tongue tip slang Rambo English that Indians returning from States (of course America) speak. And none is impressed with them. They are looked at funnily as though they were from Zoo!

Hindi dialects topic is again a lengthy subject and my favourite. May be later in the day. I am watching the Ashes. England is fighting! Collingwood made 96. And Peterson is on 78. They need 386 to win with six

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Anand here talks about the Chennai Blog Camp 2006

Bloggers from around the world will participate via video conferencing, live blogging, webcasting and podcasting of all the sessions.

There will be sessions on how to conduct Podcast interviews, branding via blogs and next generation marketing.

Topics like blogging as a form of journalism, making a journalist of everybody, blogging as a vibrant medium on disaster management and social media, will be extensively discussed.

‘We hope to provide a forum where bloggers can share their stories and be inspired by innovative and successful blogging experiences,’ BlogCamp volunteer Kiruba Shankar said.

Participants will have the choice of simultaneous workshops and sessions that will be held in small groups, and use relatively informal ways of engaging each other, in conversations around the various themes.

The convention of the blogging community will take place at the Tidel Park premises, an IT hub in the city’s south that houses more than 700 IT and associated services firms.