On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Radhika, Y. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So the next time I am tippling, i am simply having tiffin! Of course, Radhika, but remember, the next time you have tiffin...! Tiffin (pronounced tiffan) is the word many Tamils use to refer to breakfast or the light afternoon snackish meal. I always thought it was a purely Tamil word! and then, how did the phrase "to have a tiff" come to mean, "to quarrel"? Deepa.
