MANDAYAM IYENGAR LINGO
\n VENGRAI PARTHASARATHY<\/p>\n
I can claim to know a little about Mandyams having chosen a Mandayam as Sahadharmini.
\nIs it Mandyam or Mandayam?.For a moment I shall leave it for them to call themselves to be this or that.
\nI thank Mr.M.C.Venkatesh, a Mandayam stalwart, who has offered the following amendmentsto my understanding <\/p>\n
1) The Mandayam Iyengars protest against being noted as Bengaluru \u201cIyengar and not as Mandayams especially when referring to cookery term
\nIn Mandayams the word is actually spelt ThaLigai as \u201c Thaliye (There is no \u201cg\u201das Thaligai in Mandayam Tamil!)<\/p>\n
1) The Mandayam Iyengar are not Bengaluru Iyengars\u2014-but correctly as Mandya-Iyengars)<\/p>\n
2) To tell some one to \u201cBreathe hard\u201d some Mandayam men say: \u201cUsira vidu, usira vidu\u201dActually they do not say (Usiru ‘oodu’ not ‘vidu’ which is a Tamilian word)\u2013 It does sound a bit morbid because in Tamil it means “giving up one’s life:
\n3) We say Madapalli and Kannambhde for payasam
\n4) malag chathumbhdu for milagu sathamudhu as Tamilians of Chennai say)
\n5) We say Thaliye for thaligai (No g in Mandayam Tamil)
\n6) Chathambhdu for Rasam
\n7) Puliyore for Puliyodharai
\n8) Karimbhdhae for Karamadhu
\n9) Thoyal, for thogayal In Mandayams the word is actually spelt as \u201c Thaliye (There is no \u201cg\u201das Thaligai in our Mandayam Tamil0
\n10) Akkaraadisil for Akkaravadisal
\n11) Habbam for Pandigai
\n12) Mandayams speak Karnataka language all the time but when you ask themfor the mother tongue, they will say ‘Tamil’ sleepishly.!<\/p>\n
TheMandayam diet is also well balanced. On Ekadasi, ‘fasting’ is followed and on Dwadasi day, the menu will be medicated without triggering the acidity. Tamarind is not used on Dwadashi and the \u201cpaaranai thaligai\u201d is Mor Kozhambu (mor kolumbu), Poricha sathumudhu, Aathikeerai karamudhu, nellikkai thayir pachadi and soon. Generally, the diet is complete only with thayir saadham, which has a cooling effect on stomach.(After a heavy meal \u2013 Vethle Pakku)
\nYou can depend on the mandayams to butcher and mangle any language–Tamil in particular
\nHere is something to tickle your funny bone:) The Mandayam Iyengars (Origin: Mandya) have a lingo which is a sort of hybrid.One instance:
\nFor \u201cBreathe hard\u201d I have heard a Mandayam man say: \u201cUsira vidu, usira vidu\u201d\u2013 something which has a morbid connotation for a Madrasi Iyengar!
\n But the best slant is that M.C.Venky does not
\nmind owning the expression but only protest against vidu instead of oodu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MANDAYAM IYENGAR LINGO VENGRAI PARTHASARATHY I can claim to know a little about Mandyams having chosen a Mandayam as Sahadharmini. Is it Mandyam or Mandayam?.For a moment I shall leave it for them to call themselves to be this or that. I thank Mr.M.C.Venkatesh, a Mandayam stalwart, who has offered the following amendmentsto my understanding… <\/p>\n