Comments on: Just wondering…3

By: Lakshmi (Vox)

Lakshmi (Vox) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:12:40 +0000

Totally agree, Inba. That pretentious little thing…

By: mekhala

mekhala — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:49:47 +0000

LOL… the self description as a ‘thorough city-bred’ sounds rather like a horse.. and a bad review to boot.

By: aruna srinivasan

aruna srinivasan — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:14:44 +0000

agree agree

ask that female to say ezhai kizhavan vaazhaipazha tholil vazhukki vizhndhan
bet she wont even try all psuedos

By: terri

terri — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:43:14 +0000

Not my first time here, Inba. I linger often.

By: terri

terri — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:38:11 +0000

Inbavalli ko gussa kyon aata hai?!!

I wonder about the writer every time I read a spa review in the Metro section. She seems to review a lot of spas, don’t you think? Not that I can afford a spa visit, but I thought one was supposed to space visits to the spa by a few weeks for health reasons. How many hot rock, fruit pack, milk and honey treatments can your body take in a week?

And vazhaipazham is a tongue twister if you’re not used to it. I ask non-Tamilian friends to repeat it and they quickly move on to another topic.

Inbavalli is gussa-fying because: a) This writer sounds condescending. b) Her piece was not a blog post – something personal – but an article in the city-based supplement of a highly local newspaper. The kili josiyam really got under my skin. c) When I was as junior a journo as her, I never got away with this kind of fluff. Not that I even tried.

If I know feature writers, this one probably visits the spas, collects the brochures, lotions and juices and writes.

Your first time here, Terri? Welcome!

By: WA

WA — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:45:20 +0000

Thaangale. Esp the kili josiyam part

That bit riled me the most.

By: shyam

shyam — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:12:08 +0000

Agree with you about the review – appalling! That said… oh HOW I wish I was in Madras for that foodie festival

I’m very much here. And can’t imagine paying 300 bucks for kuzhumbu and koottu

By: Dinesh Babu

Dinesh Babu — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:21 +0000

All Peter and Mary Goshti!

And Peter-Mary is actually getting paid to write this tripe

By: Aparna

Aparna — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:06:15 +0000

U are not alone at all!! I could not even complete the first para, let alone read it fully.

may be the editing team had gone out for a smoke and this babe used that opporunity to send it off

Bah! That editorial team requires no such excuses.

By: sangu

sangu — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:38:16 +0000

i know she cannot be naturally blonde, so she def must have dyed her hair in the very least.

but if u think abt it urulaikizhangu can actually be quite a tongue twister if you don’t know how to pronounce the zh.

the ‘lungi’ part is a bit irritating though. and yeah, the hindu putting such reviewers on chennai metro plus is a fucking crime. even if they had done this in delhi, it would have been excusable.

at blogeswari: possible, but highly unlikely. amean, the kind u r referring to are those from poorer backgrounds trying to forget their mother tongue. not everyone who is stupid needs to speak english in an awkward manner.

A Sardarni neighbour of mine gets around urulaikizhangu by calling it ‘ulkyng’