--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" <yifuxero@> wrote: > <snip> > > Likewise, to be one of the "cccooolll", upscale TMO members, > > we delete the middle i in Maharishi, getting "Maharshi". > > Actually it's the difference in which syllable is > stressed. Americans say "MahaRIshi"; Indians (or Brits?) > say "MaHArishi." But if you listen closely, the "i" is > still there; it just doesn't get pronounced distinctly > in that configuration. > > And then there are the folks who mush it all together > and get "Marshy." >
Marshy. hahaha. Some call him Mahesh? : ) When I was a kid, I thought this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzB5eRu6HOk was the same word. lol
