Re: Chinnaya soori telugulO telugu paalenta? (2)
Veluri, Rao (rveluri@SMTPGATE.ANL.GOV)
Thu, 15 Feb 96 16:01:09 CST
Sreenivas Paruchuri raised the question "Chinnaya soori
telugulO telugu paalenta?". I for one say the answer
is quite obvious.
Let me answer his question with questions that have
obvious answers.
1. NethibeerakaayalO neyyenta (vundi)?
2. PaalakuuralO paalenni (vunnayi)?
soori gaari telugulO telugantE vunnadi. Just a little
exaggeration, but not very far from the truth. I know,
I get severe reprimands on this statement. So be it!
You want me to be poetic? Okay.
Telugu content in Chinnaya soori's telugu,
I bet, is anywhere between zero and nothing!
You like me to be archaic? Sure.
"yE'tad prasnaku, uttarambu vedukanElaa?
Tad'uttarambu karatalaamalakambugaadE?"
Yes. Baalavyaakaranam and proudha vyaakaranam are prescribed
texts for those pursuing degrees in telugu literature. I have
firsthand knowledge of it.
In a later post(if it does not get censored), I will try
to say a few things on Avadhaanams, Chandassu (or Chandasam!),
and such circus gymnastics with language, diction and the like!!
-- Venkateswara Rao Veluri
p.s: But, sreenivas! What most of us plebians agree upon
as telugu, a few of the elite on the telusa may abhor!