Ash's Swear Words

Funny to hear the swear words (!) that Ashwath uses when he is in rage:

• amma poya: meaning, 'mom go away'; Guess it translates to 'Go to hell!'?
• onnum venaam: meaning, 'nothing needed'; translates to 'Don't bug me!'?
• azhu moonji appa: meaning, 'crybaby dad'; Guess there is not much to translate...
• amma kulika poya: meaning, 'go take bath'; translates to 'Don't show your face to me. Get away.'
• appa shave pannanum: meaning, 'dad, go n shave'; again translates to 'Don't show your face to me. Get away.'

I can figure that the bathe and shave is not literal, because he uses the swear phrase, with everyone: avva shave pannanum, amma shave pannanum, etc... And when gets really angry, he puts so much emphasis on the first syllable of the word 'po'ya that he literally sings a song, appa poooya! :-)

I am wondering how the expression of anger through words happens at such an early age! 

And the longer we keep the habit, the harder it gets to overcome it... I am learning a little late in life; but at least happy that I am learning!

Spotted on the road

Andru, Gandhi uzhaithaar naattukaaga.
Endru, naam uzhaikkirom Gandhi notukaaga!

roughly translated to


Then, Gandhi worked hard for the country, and now,
we work hard towards earning the Gandhi currency.

About sophistication

A conversation with one of my friends about toddler behavior patterns led to a discussion on sophistication. She had mentioned that her 1.5 year old daughter, after going through a kissing-everyone phase has now entered into a slapping-everyone phase. And about the kid having clearly learnt about cause and effect--if I pull my mom's ear-rings, it will irritate her. That is when she made this statement: sophistication is fake; animal behavior is genuine.

I reworded it as 'Sophistication is man-made; Animalism is natural'.