KUTTHU- DOT- FULL STOP Dear friends,
During middle school classes,while giving dictation in Malayalam in subjects the teachers used to instructto make FULL STOP after completing a sentence. We would mark a DOT (.) During the time if the teacher listen to anything else inbetween dictation creating a gap in dictation, it would have been considered ascompletion of that sentence and a full stop was made by us. Just imagine this write up fromme is without full stops. Nobody can make out what is written. (Some may comment-If at all with full stops the same is the case!!) Most important about the fullstops in a computer write-up- It can be removed from a write up VERY EASILY. But introducing back isdifficult. Now many write as a new norm-without capitals after a sentence. Some forget to put full stop. While it is the case with letters,while writing numerals the full stop gives the later numerals as decimal andthe earlier ones as full digits. Just look 111. 22 and 11.122- How much ofvalue difference by a dot. Either it isread from right to left in Arabic or left to right in other languages. I just recollect a joke told about a politician whom the examiners wantedto make fail in a selection. Three politicians were attendingan examination. The first politician whom the examiners wanted to select wasasked the question- How many world wars were there. He answered as TWO and was passed. The second politician whom theexaminers wanted as deputy was asked the question- What was the period of FirstWorld War? He answered 1914-1918 and got passed. Now it was the turn of examiningthe third politician whom they desired to eliminate. He was asked the question-Name the countries which took part on either side in World War II? He could notwrite other than America and Russia. He was made to fail. What is its relation with my fullstop? Giving a document in three pages,the first politician would be asked to count the pages. The second would be asked to ensureeverywhere dots are there on completion of sentence in the FIRST PARAGRAPH. The third would be asked to put dots in a 25 page document inwhich dots are removed and given. Let me continue about my fullstop. Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan. 9-6-2013. Reposted after editing and updating on 4-6-21. R Gopala krishnan 1. Writing instruments While writing instruments theamount in words and in figures have to be written. If a small displacement ofthe amount in figures occurs the instrument would be dis-honoured. Update- Now no bank will accept correction anywhere in an instrument To avoid this problem instead ofdot many put two slashes and a dash after the figure. Especially in Governmentoffices this was the procedure when instruments were prepared. 2. Onnu full stop vechhae..(Make an end) When arguments and counterarguments occur, we want some person to interfere and ask to make a full stop.If it is group postings it is expected from moderators. At one stage, nofurther postings would be entertained by moderator. It was common in the US Brahmins yahoo groupmoderator interfering and making full stop of arguments. Presently with google groups weknow only one moderator Mr Sai of iyer 123 google group. In the TV discussions the anchormakes the full stops of the member’s talks. But always there are complaintsabout anchor showingpartiality. 3 Rangloli Rangoli is prepared making dotswith Rangoli powder or raw rice batter and later making an art form. 4. Dots with many meanings. A continuing of few dots after asentence mean there are much more to continue, but not relevant and included. For filling up the blanksnormally…… is provided so that the space can be used to fill it. Here too ifthe dots are less the clever may think, the word/words to be entered is a smallerone. If the dots are more like…………. The word could be a bigger one. (This neednot apply everywhere. Every rule has an exception). Many times I have feltdifficulty to limit my writing with in the space provided by …… with myvendaikka aksharam. 5. Paragraph. A paragraph must end with a dot. Aparagraph can be one sentence, 3-5 sentences or even a page. Somehow even seeing a longparagraph sends an impulse to brain. The impulse could be different dependingon subject matter. If the subject matter is pleasing the readers may feel theparagraph could be STILL MORE LENGTHY. 6. Achhu kutthu and acupuncture. In the first case it is avaccination and slight piercing is there. In the 2nd case it is onlykutthu refreshing and relieving thepain in that area. 7. Onnu kutthikkae… Onnutaee kuthikkae... Especially when people feel somepain in back, it is common to ask others to give a kutthu with lesser force there. It givessome relief, sometimes good relief, if the relief is more- the person may beasked to give one more kutthu (Hit). 8. Pasu kutthum. The hitting with horns by animals like cow, bulletc. are told as Kutthuka. Elephants have no horns, they hit with tusk. 9 Kathukutthal The plane meaning is piercing earto wear ornaments. Second one is a usage - Kathu kutthal talking about somethingnot convincing about an incident or person. Nose is also pierced to wear nosestud. 10 Nellu kutthu, mullukutthu Nellukuthu is removing outer covering umi (Husk) from the paddy and getrice Mullu kuthu is pearcing a sharp plant part or thorn anywhere. Mostly ithappens in the feet and palm 11 Soochikuthhu Soochikuthu is piercing byneddle. Many times when giving injections doctors compare the pain to what happensby just piercing by a needle. But the pain might be much more. Yesterday I readif a person is in a dream touching with a needle would be felt as piercing by aknife. 12 Ant bite and bee bite Ants, Mosquitos are said to bite.But Bee stings. It is called Theeneeacha kutthal in Malayalam. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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