Wednesday, May 31, 2006

What's wrong with Chennai?

I was going through my friends blog and was surprised to find the no. of people who detested the name chennai. I feel that all those people have lost their marbles and that they should be happy that atleaast our govt. didn't come up with a name like bengalooru. Is it just me or does that name remind you of toilets.

Lets also take a minute to count the no. of syllables in bengalooru. That's two more than chennai. Chennai is also a whole lot easier to pronounce than Madras as it has more vowel sounds. Try saying it and see.

Other hilarious name changes:
1.gulbarga to kalburki.
2.belgaum to belgavi
3.calcutta to kolkota( proving what i,ve always said.. That bongs cannot pronounce the letter "a" esp. when it comes between two consonants(correct the spelling))
4.Mysore to mysooru
5.Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram( i'm not even sure that i've spelt that right which i feel was the secret intention of the kerala govt.)
These among other name changes makes me feel chennai is by far the best name change.( mumbai sounds ok though)
I am definitely against the pro Madras and Anti Chennai movement.
HAIL CHENNAI.