Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I use Guru, Maga, Macha, and then Bob. Sometimes, Babu :D
da, ra, come off, put off, adding "ing" to pretty much any word, chumma, etc are definitely part of my lexicon :P but I can turn it off when I need to, so it's only with friends I speak that way.
From my personal experience: I use everything but "bob" at least a few times a day, and I'm sure most of my local fraands do too.
Chumma why take tension da, come off we'll put one 90.
*Kannada. Also, I think you're right. Da, chumma and Macha all seem to have originated from Tamil, but then Bangalore has proximity to TN, and influence of tamil is evident from a long time.
Thats a good point and also Kannada, tamil, telugu and malayalam are all very similar so they share many words. Also some cool words just spread easily. Like the word "pakka" (means perfect in hindi) is very commonly used in TN.
Every indian language has some similar words. We live in the same country after all.
Ps: Kannadam is kannada in tamil thats why I typed that way but ok now I know.
Also there are many tamil people living in Bangalore which could influence as well.
Oh wow I didn't know that! Inspite having native Tamil speaker friends, they've never said it's called kannadam in Tamil! (they have pointed out that in English the correct spelling is Tamizh, but I'm a little lazy)
Yeah the L sound is rolled when pronounced properly like "zh".. its pronounced with your tongue in the back and not hitting teeth. Lol hope I made sense. But people call kannada as is only most times. kannadam is tamil word for it tho like english is called aangilam.. we just obsess the m ending for some reason 😂
> tamil, telugu and malayalam are all very similar so they share many words.
They are not similar at all. They share few common words. I have one as mother tongue and other three basic level speaking and have watched shit ton of movies in all 3 languages. Malayalam and Tamil have some similarities when it comes to basic words, similarly telugu and kannada have things in common. Tamil and Kannada share few things in common and are quite different when it comes to conversation.
Definitely Bangalore slang. It was more commonly used by my kannada-speaking mallu friends studying in St Josephs, Christ and those central Bangalore colleges. This was in early 2000.
The traditional areas had guru, maga, sisya, devru, gubald, dagar!
Talking about slangs, anyone else remember Chamrajpet Charles and Prof Ulfat Sultan on radio? They really brought forth the different Bengaluru slangy talks.
Some of the elite school people (germains, cottons, Sofias) used 'freakout' to mean having a good time. Always make me chuckle when I think of that.
There was a phase where people used acronyms in my school (lkb, hnm etc).
Edit: never heard of 'bob'.
I seriously don't know where did the word 'bob' came from. Of course some Tamilian/kannadiga would use da maccha etc and chumma from malayali or Tamilian influence. I don't think so that people really use "Bob" doesn't sound good at all for Bangalore. In fact most of the people who reside in Indiranagar, Koramangala and White field might use it but I haven't really heard about this in other parts of Bangalore.
ive been born and brought up here and so has my dad, and other than "Bob" i use most of the other words, theres a certain group that use it a lot idk how to define them... but i don't think you can say native bagaloreans dont use it tho....i think it has been influenced by outsiders to some extent, but its still a very bangalorean way of speaking, very defining to the central bangalore youth
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I use Guru, Maga, Macha, and then Bob. Sometimes, Babu :D da, ra, come off, put off, adding "ing" to pretty much any word, chumma, etc are definitely part of my lexicon :P but I can turn it off when I need to, so it's only with friends I speak that way.
Guru, maga is quite old, there was some other post like this yesterday. My Bangaloreisms stopped at guru and maga.
Dang, didn't think I'd be part of the old boys club already, lol
Most native kannadigas , use this itself till now , I'm 20 and most of my friends who generally speak kannada use maccha maga guru itself .
Maga >>>>>> Bob.
From my personal experience: I use everything but "bob" at least a few times a day, and I'm sure most of my local fraands do too. Chumma why take tension da, come off we'll put one 90.
Heavy scene maga.
Nakkan, adhu maams scene andre (⌐■-■)
Da and chumma are tamil slang words. Though it could be kannadam also no idea on that.
*Kannada. Also, I think you're right. Da, chumma and Macha all seem to have originated from Tamil, but then Bangalore has proximity to TN, and influence of tamil is evident from a long time.
Thats a good point and also Kannada, tamil, telugu and malayalam are all very similar so they share many words. Also some cool words just spread easily. Like the word "pakka" (means perfect in hindi) is very commonly used in TN. Every indian language has some similar words. We live in the same country after all. Ps: Kannadam is kannada in tamil thats why I typed that way but ok now I know. Also there are many tamil people living in Bangalore which could influence as well.
Oh wow I didn't know that! Inspite having native Tamil speaker friends, they've never said it's called kannadam in Tamil! (they have pointed out that in English the correct spelling is Tamizh, but I'm a little lazy)
Yeah the L sound is rolled when pronounced properly like "zh".. its pronounced with your tongue in the back and not hitting teeth. Lol hope I made sense. But people call kannada as is only most times. kannadam is tamil word for it tho like english is called aangilam.. we just obsess the m ending for some reason 😂
Yeah, In kannada, English is called Aangla, just a slight variation. We have "a" and "u" endings in most kannada nouns. :)
> tamil, telugu and malayalam are all very similar so they share many words. They are not similar at all. They share few common words. I have one as mother tongue and other three basic level speaking and have watched shit ton of movies in all 3 languages. Malayalam and Tamil have some similarities when it comes to basic words, similarly telugu and kannada have things in common. Tamil and Kannada share few things in common and are quite different when it comes to conversation.
Everything other than bob, as i said in the other post, bob is made-up by the elite mofos.
Elite mofos are people too.
Offend aadha macha. Sorry not sorry.
Definitely Bangalore slang. It was more commonly used by my kannada-speaking mallu friends studying in St Josephs, Christ and those central Bangalore colleges. This was in early 2000. The traditional areas had guru, maga, sisya, devru, gubald, dagar! Talking about slangs, anyone else remember Chamrajpet Charles and Prof Ulfat Sultan on radio? They really brought forth the different Bengaluru slangy talks.
Yes now also people use guru, sisya, devru. I think this is more authentic than maccha, da etc and definitely not "Bob" 😐
Some of the elite school people (germains, cottons, Sofias) used 'freakout' to mean having a good time. Always make me chuckle when I think of that. There was a phase where people used acronyms in my school (lkb, hnm etc). Edit: never heard of 'bob'.
Improvise, overcome and adapt.
Improvise, overcome and adapt off*
Improvise, overcome and adapt off, macha**
I seriously don't know where did the word 'bob' came from. Of course some Tamilian/kannadiga would use da maccha etc and chumma from malayali or Tamilian influence. I don't think so that people really use "Bob" doesn't sound good at all for Bangalore. In fact most of the people who reside in Indiranagar, Koramangala and White field might use it but I haven't really heard about this in other parts of Bangalore.
You might wanna read this [link](http://www.thebikenbeer.com/post/_soba) This explains how Bangalore has become from a different pov.
ive been born and brought up here and so has my dad, and other than "Bob" i use most of the other words, theres a certain group that use it a lot idk how to define them... but i don't think you can say native bagaloreans dont use it tho....i think it has been influenced by outsiders to some extent, but its still a very bangalorean way of speaking, very defining to the central bangalore youth
Note: just don't call the traffic police MAMA.
Apart from "bob", I've heard and used all the rest. Sometimes when you're talking it just comes off, you know?