यद्यपि बहुनाधीशे तथापि पठ पुत्र व्याकरणं स्वजनः श्वजनो मा भूत , सकलं शकलं सकृच्छकृत This is a shloka in Sanskrit A father is telling his son O son, although you have studied a lot, still you must now learn grammar. If you study grammar, you will not pronounce svajan as shvajan , sakalam as shakalam and sakrit as shakrit . In Sanskrit, svajan means ones own people, while shvajan means a dog. Sakal means total, while shakal means a piece. Sakrit means once, while shakrit means excrement or shit. I often hear people saying jila, instead of zila, jaroor, instead of zaroor, jamaana instead of zamaana, gajal, instead of ghazal. Once in the Allahabad High Court a lawyer referred to a colleague of mine as Justice Reja, instead of Justice Reza. Once when I was a Judge in the Allahabad High Court, a lawyer appeared before me, and said he was moving a petisun ( pronouncing sha as sa ). I asked him whether he believed in Lord Shiva. He said yes. I then told him Then say Shiva Shambho, Shiva Shambho, Shiva Shambho 100 times in the morning everyday before coming to Court . When such mispronunciation is done in my presence, I feel as if someone has hit me on the head with a stick
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 05:46:44 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015