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“How Hamilton became a barber”<\/strong><\/p>\n

or \u201c\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd”<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have always been concerned about the future of Tamil. Not in the field<\/p>\n

of literature – because there are quite a number of extremely capable<\/p>\n

scholars taking care of it – but rather Tamil’s future in the field of<\/p>\n

Phonetics. Although not apparent now, the problems lie in wait.<\/p>\n

In fact, I have already seen a glimpse of these problems, and if we do not<\/p>\n

immediately take the necessary steps, we will no longer recognize our<\/p>\n

language as it is heard or written now.<\/p>\n

Let me first recount a true-life story which has a lot in common with<\/p>\n

my concern mentioned above.<\/p>\n

Those of you, who lived in Madras a few decades ago, may know the story<\/p>\n

of the strange transformation of Hamilton into a barber. For those who<\/p>\n

do not, the story goes as follows:<\/p>\n

Hamilton was a prominent Englishman who lived in India during the<\/p>\n

British Raj. He was so well known that ‘Hamilton Bridge’ was named in his<\/p>\n

honor.<\/p>\n

Over the many years since the dedication, local Tamils repeated the<\/p>\n

name of ‘Hamilton bridge’ enough number of times to distort it<\/p>\n

to “\u0b85\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9c\u0bcd” (Ambattan bridge). This in no way is meant<\/p>\n

to blame the Tamils for the metamorphosis. After all, both ‘Hamilton’<\/p>\n

and ‘bridge’ are foreign words to Tamil language. If the British<\/p>\n

could have the audacity to change \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd to<\/p>\n

Trivandrum or \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0b9a\u0bbf to Benaras, we Tamils have every right to take<\/p>\n

liberties with the pronunciation of Hamilton.<\/p>\n

In any event, as time passed on, the city grew and with it, Madras’s<\/p>\n

public transport system. In fact, Ambattan bridge became one of the<\/p>\n

destinations for bus routes. When the transport authorities decided to name the<\/p>\n

bus stop, they knew enough English to translate “\u0b85\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd” as “barber”.<\/p>\n

Remember that they were not acquainted with Sir (or Lord) Hamilton. As time<\/p>\n

had removed him from the scene, Hamilton was not present to object to the<\/p>\n

change of his profession either. And so, the name board on the<\/p>\n

front and rear of the bus read as “\u0b85\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf”.<\/p>\n

Years later, someone in the transportation department decided to<\/p>\n

translate the name back into Engish. The name was promptly changed to<\/p>\n

“Barber’s Bridge”.<\/p>\n

More years passed, and a curious researcher wanted to know about<\/p>\n

the famous barber in whose memory the bridge had been named. It was then<\/p>\n

that the name Hamilton re-surfaced. Now all is well and Hamilton has been<\/p>\n

reinstated to his rightful place, and the barber is gone.<\/p>\n

Now let us turn our attention to the problem on hand.<\/p>\n

If you glance at the heading to this article, you will read two Tamil<\/p>\n

words: \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd. ‘\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95’ is fine. What is ‘\u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd’? As<\/p>\n

we are all familiar with this famous greeting\/blessing, we know that it should<\/p>\n

read ‘\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd’. Then why is it written differently? I initially<\/p>\n

thought it was a misprint. However, upon reflection, I realized the reason behind<\/p>\n

the grand “blessing.”<\/p>\n

The person who wrote the pamphlet always pronounced the letter ‘\u0bb4’ as ‘\u0bb3’. If he were to say the words “\u0baa\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1”,<\/p>\n

He will say, “\u0baa\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1”.<\/p>\n

If he sits down to write the sentence, some of the ‘\u0bb3’s in his spoken words<\/p>\n

would be written as ‘\u0bb4’s and some as ‘\u0bb3’s. If one is not careful, things could<\/p>\n

get mixed up. That was what happened in the case of “\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd”.<\/p>\n

When the word ‘Hamilton’ turned into ‘barber’, it followed this path:<\/p>\n

‘Hamilton’ (English) to ‘ambattan’ (Tamil) to ‘barber’ (English).<\/p>\n

The changes occurred because of the corrupted pronunciation.<\/p>\n

There was an exchange between two different languages.<\/p>\n

In case of the transformation of ‘\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd’ to `\u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd’, it was<\/p>\n

done within Tamil language itself. The reason is again, corrupted pronunciation.<\/p>\n

There are other persons that do not make any distinction between<\/p>\n

‘\u0bb3’ and ‘\u0bb2’. I knew a man who ran a school for children in Madras.<\/p>\n

My children studied there for a few years. Every year, during the<\/p>\n

annual school day celebration, he would get up and begin his address<\/p>\n

invariably with the words:<\/p>\n

” \u0b8e\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bc7!”<\/p>\n

And it is also not uncommon to hear people getting mixed up with the<\/p>\n

letters ‘\u0ba3’ and ‘\u0ba9’.<\/p>\n

The other day, I started picturing a person having trouble with all<\/p>\n

these sounds. When I went to bed that night, I had an unusual dream in<\/p>\n

which a proud looking Tamil gentleman led me through a long corridor.<\/p>\n

At the end of the passage stood a large crystal ball. The gentleman<\/p>\n

asked me to gaze intensely into the ball, and I slowly realized that I could<\/p>\n

see the words: \u0b95\u0bbf.\u0baa\u0bbf. 2153.<\/p>\n

As I continued to gaze at the crystal ball, the following Tamil words appeared:<\/p>\n

\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4<\/p>\n

\u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95! \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95!!<\/p>\n

The gentleman said that if I continued to gaze at the crystal, it would<\/p>\n

allow me to time travel another century more into the future. There,<\/p>\n

I was told, I would have the rare opportunity to witness a much more<\/p>\n

refined form of Tamil writing. Before I could respond, I woke up from my dream.<\/p>\n

I am glad that it was only a dream!<\/p>\n

——————————————————————————–<\/p>\n

Note: The above article was written in a lighter vein to emphasize<\/p>\n

the importance of correct pronunciation to preserve the beauty and<\/p>\n

integrity of our mother tongue. If it has hurt anyone even slightly, please<\/p>\n

forgive me.<\/p>\n

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