Once I tried to cut a piece of asafoetida and remarked, "Perungaayathinaal perum kaayam aagi vittathu."
And that old chestnut about "panni rendu kutti pottathu, irandu odi vittana, ethanai baakki?" The answer being none if it is "panni" as in pig, and ten, if it is "pannirendu" as in 12. Also there are plenty of puns on words like "maalai". I think it's called "sleydai" in Tamizh, but not sure. On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > One interesting thing I'm noticing is that all three Tamil puns are punning > with English. Anyone know of ones that pun within the language itself? Or > are homonyms a rarity in Tamil? > > Thaths > > On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:19 Naresh <xxx...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Bus-sa pin aale thallina ennagu? >> Pin valanju pogu!! >> >> Naresh Narasimhan >> Sent from my Phone >> >> > On 24-Sep-2015, at 8:42 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk < >> s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: >> > >> > Opposite of area? Eranguya.... Old Tamil PJ. >> >> On Sep 24, 2015 8:37 AM, "Udhay Shankar N" <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:05 AM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> What are your favorite puns in languages that are not English? >> >> >> >> >> >> "Hold my bike" = "encyclopedia". >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >> >> >> >>
