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Originally posted by: gursharan

Sorry akanna ji, i did forget to give you my thanks. SO here is a special one from me!



Thanks for the information, it becomes confusing when INDIA suddenly makes new states out of old ones and and changes the names of the cities. I seriously though that Chennai and Madras were differnet places, until the IPL started!

Originally posted by: akanna

Hmm... I wonder how?! I think you guessed that because I have said openly a few times that my Hindi isnt that good, and that I could not decipher some of the phrases in Hindi ir Urdu... But there are so many mallus I know who speak wonderful Hindi, and even without the mallu accent. In fact, English has become my main language lately and I speak in English 95% of the time now... I speak my language only over the phone to my folks - I cannot believe it!! 😕

Originally posted by: akanna

Originally posted by: *king*

initially he king thot u were from south bcoz anna means brother in telugu n kannada. n also many male names end wid anna in these states. so thot u r a south-indian male until he saw ur name in kuri's list of queens.
even the way u speak is not much lady-like😉😉😉
*king*

Originally posted by: akanna

Oh thank you!! I feel so special now!!! It's a gal thing, ya know! 😉 😃

Chennai is the original name in native tongue - it was changed to Madras by the British. And recently the government put the old name back. The same time they put the names back for Mumbai, Kolkata, and all.. None of the southern states are new - all four have been there for very long, way before we were born.. 😃

Originally posted by: akanna

😭 😭 😭 😭 😲 😲 😲 😲 😭 😭 😭 😭

I never thought about the "anna" part in my name, that it could leave to such assumptions!! Only if I had known... See, for that you need to be a guy, I think... 😉 😆

So I dont speak like a lady?! 😲 Please dont tell me that I speak like most of the guys on this forum!! That will be like 🤢 sentence for me!!! I dont use that kind of language, ya know!! 😕 😳 😃

Originally posted by: gursharan

ye i special Thanks just for you, but to tell you the truth i haven't thanked everyone so for who reveled their information!
ya maybe none in the south, but when i was small there were like 22 states in India and now i think there are 28! i only know the names of about 19 states. But i know all my canadian provines, do u know the names of all the american states?, i only know few

Originally posted by: *king*

oho now tht the king has offended a lady he has 2 cheer her up. guess girls like this



*smile*😛
*king*

Originally posted by: *king*

yeah all this name changing is bcoz of sum chauvinistic pigs who think they r the protectors of culture n are the moral police of the society.😡😡😡
*king*

Originally posted by: akanna

Yes, those kind made a lot of issues in Kerala too once, asking many of the names to be changed. Though the government didnt yield at the time, they eventually changed some of the names. But when it comes to mails, people will use either one, based on their preference and ease. For example, Trivandrum is the British name for Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin for Kochi, Alleppey for Allappuzha, Cannanoore for Kannur, Trichur for Thrissur, Calicut for Kozhikode, Palghat for Palakkad, and so on... 😃