You r right Mr. Chetia. But why should we look at the Brits. Lets see any Talk Show by the established National TV Channels. They never use "Tum" or "Tu". "Aap" is what they invariably use. Of course deviants r the channels like "V" or "MTV". But I believe "NE TV" is no " V" or "MTV".
Muktikam Phukan
Prasenjit Chetia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Prasenjit Chetia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But there is a big difference between calling somebody "Apuni" and
"Toi". We use some greeting which are not there or maybe in a more
generalised form in English. As long as we talk in assamese we should
try to maintain its beauty and more importantly when someone speaks in
public to an elected representative he should maintain certain
decorum.
Now, have you seen a British greet a Knighted gentleman /peer without
using Sir/Lord in the TV ?
Prasenjit
On 8/18/05, Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I really do not see any problem in the use of "tumi" as long as neither Mr.
> Bhuyan and Mr. Sarma had any objection. After all there are three accepted
> forms of "you" in Assamese - "Apuni, Tumi and Toi", and they are used as
> appropriate between two people.
> If Bhuyan used "Apuni" just for the show, it wou! ld have been artificial and
> probably would have put a barrier in the flow of words.
>
> Dilip Deka
>
>
>
> muktikam phukan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> Hello everybody
>
> I've a small observation to make. Recently I've been to Sivasagar for some
> official job. It was nice to see the TV channel called NE TV catering to all
> the major languages of NE including Sikkim. One of the programme I saw was a
> Talk Show titled "Ekap Half Chah". The anchor Sri Atanu Bhuyan was
> interviewing a young Assam Minister, Sri Himanta Biswa Sarma. But, I was
> really astonished to hear Sri Bhuyan calling Sri Sarma "TUMI" all through
> the programme. Is it not really very unprofessional? Even if Sri Sarma is
> very junior to Sri Bhuyan or even if they r very good friends, some decorum
> should have been maintained in such public programmes by calling him
> "APUNI". A! fter all he is a H'ble Minister of the Govt of Assam, duly elected
> by the people of Jalukbari. These r small things but if taken care of will
> go a long way in improving the programmes of this budding channel.
> My observation has nothing personal against anybody and I may kindly be
> corrected if I m wrong.
>
> Muktikam Phukan
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