Mangalore Chronicles 2...

I recieved this message from my cousin Hannah today, and said out each of these words and expressions loud, in total delight and as 'Kaaaat-ly' as I could and am thrilled to bits...

Have to share this with my Mangalorean friends and non Mangy's too...


1) Irrespective of whether you are 15 or 50 years old, your parents will always refer to u as their baale.
2) Nobody knows why Kapu is written as Kaup and Vittla as Vittal in English.
3) Danembe is our version of Wassup.
4) You may forget your friend's name, but never his father's name.
5) Private bus drivers are qualified F1 drivers.
6) No matter how much we eat, we always have space for Paayasa.
7) 90% score is below average.
8) Out of 7 days in a week, you will eat dosa for 3 days in breakfast
9) CET is bigger than AIEEE and hence you have to crack CET.
10) SAAV is the most common word in the tulu language.
11) If you are a Bunt, you are known as Shetty even though your surname is Rai, Alva, Hegde.
12) Every street has 10 Engineers and 5 Doctors.
13) Outside Mangalore, everyone says, 'I am from Mangalore', even though they belong to Puttur, Udupi or Kasargod.
14) If you can drive on Mangalore's roads, you can drive anywhere.
15) Ammer police-aa? is a famous dialogue, used by all.
16) Saav ninna is a valid comeback in almost every argument.
17) When somebodys marriage is fixed, the first question asked is - madime vol? Sanghaniketan Hall, TV Raman Pai Hall ijja TMA Pai Hall>
18) Everyone either studies in St. Aloysius or has a friend who studied in St Aloysius.
19) Bevarsi is not an abusive word. Its the tulu version for MC BC.
20) Rampa jokes are more popular than sardar jokes
21) Every love story begins with - Aal ninan toovondu ullaal ya, and ends with - Alna saav ya.
22) Mescom is always called KEB till date.
23) Reaction of every student coming out of exam hall is - <b>Yenchi thigalda katta paper ya saav.
24) No banquet is complete without curd rice for vegetarians and kori rotti for non vegetarians.
25) All cars in the family will have the same registration number - for generations. If not - RTO daayen darpuga maga.

Glossary of terms -

Baale- baby
Kapu/ Kaup- name of a place
Vittla/ Vittal - name of a place
Danembe - What man/ Wassup
Paayasa- a dessert made with coconut milk, rice, lentils and jaggery, similar to kheer\
CET- CET are common entrance tests mainly for state level engineering and medical entrance exams
AIEEE- All India Engineering Entrance Exams
Dosa- pancake
Saav- WTF/ go to hell/death
Bunt- name of a community of erstwhile nobility, feudatory and gentry from the region of Tulu Nadu
Ammer police-aa? - is your father a policeman?
Ninna - yours
Madime - marriage/ wedding
Vol - where
Ijja- or else
Bevarsi- bastard
Rampa- a much loved, eccentric hotelier from Mangalore
Aal ninan toovundu ullaal ya- She is looking at you man
Alna saav ya- her death man/ to hell with her/ she can FO
Yench- which
Thigalda katta - gut wrenching/ something that holds your heart in a vise
Kori rotti- chicken gravy with crispy rice flakes, special only to Mangalorean cuisine
RTO - RTO is an abbreviation used for Regional Transport Officer. Regional Transport Officer is licensing, registration, taxation authority of that region.
Daayen- belonging to
Darpuga- break/powder/hammer/destroy
maga- child