Thursday, August 20, 2009

Random thoughts- Google Indic

Just wanted to say Google Indic Thamizh is awesome.(I don't understand why we spell it "tamil" which doesn't have the great ழ sound. "zh", though doesn't inherently have the "ழ்" sound, will cause confusion among the unaware who might consult others and get the information that its pronounced as "ழ்"- though sadly most of the thamizhians themselves pronounce it as ள-. Whereas the "il" (tamil) will encourage wrong pronunciation. "i like தமில்!!").
Back to the Google Indic. I suspect "it knows" what we are typing. Such is its accuracy; when we don't get the word we want, and begin to try using a different spelling, it says "hold on" and gives a list of related words which mostly meets the need. I am now planning to wholly tamiliarise the future posts in this blog! :)

9 comments:

  1. Yup.. spot on this Indic thingy.. Kind of undermines the myth 'Google can read ur mind'..:D

    But coming to ur 'Tamizh' issue, consider this.. English is referred to in Hindi as 'Angrezi' (अंग्रेजी ).. They've lost every one of their syllables..:P If even they don't care, whats with us? And still, 'zh' is still an assumed pronunciation, so v can always speak the word the way its meant to be, screw the letters!! =)

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  2. Ya. But the special "ழ்" sound of thamizh is getting compromised with! -few languages have this sound i think.
    But ya.. In a way, it's my bias towards this spelling,no doubt.:)

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  3. Angrezi doesnt refer to english directly i guess, it is a common word used to refer foreign languages!

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  4. Nope, अंग्रेजी does refer to English alone.. Take my word for it.. If you wouldn't, Google 'english-hindi translation angrezi' and you'll find out..:)

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  5. I would accept whatever arjun says.. Cant have a word against :-)

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  6. " I am now planning to wholly tamiliarise the future posts in this blog"


    :o venam da!!

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  7. Nee yellam oru thamizhan?! Thu!

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  8. MPF visited this blog,since alert came from our server in kuiper belt that MASS is being teased!B-)

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  9. ஆனால் இது போன்ற மென்பொருளை நாம் எதிர் பார்த்து இருப்போமா?
    "கூகிள்" வாழ்க!
    எப்படி எல்லாம் யோசிக்கிறார்கள்! கணேஷ்-கோகுல்-மாஸ்-அர்ஜுன் போல!

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