CHUMMA - made me to freak out!

                       Hello Friends! ha ha :D writing this with a little amusement & embarrassment.There are two different ways a person reading the title will approach this piece of blog, depending upon where she/he hails from. The deciding factor boils down to the extent of reader’s interaction with people living in SOUTH INDIA (people with origins in South + people relocated here).

A part of  my Last night chat with a north Indian friend, ( what made to write this post)

my friend: u wl slap me

  ?

  :(

 me: chumma

  tatz kiddin

 my friend: chumma??

 me: chumma means " juz 4 fun" r "SIMPLY" in TAMIL

 my friend:do u knw d meanin of chumma in bengali?

  hee hee

 me: no?

  wat does it mean?

 my friend: ha ha

  nuth leave that..
       To know what is the reason behind his LAUGHTER, I made a Google search! OMG (oh my google :P ) A lil bit ashamed of myself after seeing the meaning in hindi :(   (lesson learned: dont use Ur native language to others" ) :P

The main reason is existence of the word in two or more languages (Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and probably other South Indian dialect’s) WITH DIFFERENT meanings.

In case you are from a HINDI speaking zone and have no idea about the languages in South of India, you would probably be guessing this blog has got something to do with KISS.Well you are a bit wrong footed here.

And if you are from the other half lot, you would probably be guessing what kind of title is this, since for you CHUMMA is not a kiss but just simply.

          

        CHUMMA is An urban Indian slang spoken by the youth, which is derived from Tamil, meaning 'merely' or 'simply. It is typical of Tanglish (Tamil influenced English), and is normally used in Southern Indian cities.

Will end this one with a few examples of the its usage, so that my pals from NORTH get accustomed to this word and save themselves the shock and the confusion in case I happen to use it in their presence.

Q: What are we up to?

A: Chumma nothing at all pal.

Q: Why did you do that?

A: chumma wanted to screw it.

Q: Define a Boss.

A: An old fellow who claims to know lot of things and chumma sits around shouting at you for all the wrong reasons.

…. And the list goes on and on.

           YES northie friends (NORTH INDIANS) believe it or not, chumma means not ummah (kiss), :P here it just means simply or  no relevant reason for an action.