People really teach their kids a lot of shit. I mean, seriously.
Take as an example, the nursery rhyme that all of us learnt at one time or another - " machhli jal ki rani hai" (fish water of queen is- translating seedhe). This poem is full of falsities and dumbness that we shouldn't at all teach, not even to innocent kids, for that matter. I seriously disagree with each and every line. Here is the reason -
Machhli jal ki rani hai (fish water of queen is) - how can fish be the queen or king for that matter of water/water bodies? Almost all water bodies are owned by the government and those not belonging to any country, the oceanic resources beyond 200 km of exclusive economic zone do not belong to anyone. I also do not know of any monarchy by fish.
Jeevan uska pani hai (life its water is) - hey, we should be promoting democracy. Each and every fish should have a right to decide what its life should be about.
Haath lagao to dar jaegi (hand putting so frightened becoming) - you know, some pet fish like dolphins, etc do like to be touched and petted. This line is not at all applicable to them,and thus is false. It is also not applicable to sharks and other fish,who,far from being frightened,want to rip your arm off.
Bahar nikalo to mar jaegi (out taking so dead becoming) - since the time period is not given, I do not agree with the statement. Also,flying fish fly out of the water regularly and don't just drop dead when they do.
By the way, no arguments allowed.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Fish Water Of Queen Is
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OMG. I just defended a nursery rhyme.
/sob
Wow. You both are debating about the political correctedness of a nursery rhyme. I'm so impressed.
How about "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" , now? I'll start it off for you:
AGAINST: Stars are hardly 'little'. They are huge balls of fire.
FOR: They appear small, you dolt!!
Keep it going guys!!
Against: "How I wonder what you are"
Why don't they just tell kids what they are, since we found out their composition like decades ago?
For: Well, the kids can't know it without being told, and this poem is from a child's PoV.
Actually, I suppose they tell 'em that so the curious ones won't fish them outta the school aquarium "just to see what will happen".
LoL.
Although I wish they'd tell them too that they breathe through their mouths. I HATE it when they ask if they are hungry cuz of their mouths going open-close-open.
I remember getting into trouble by fishing out fish from an aquarium at someones house. It was just so fascinating I wanted to figure out how they swim so "beautifully", I never let them die, I used to pop 'em back in when I felt that they were about to die,I was never a monster.
Aditya, they have a point, when you are uniformly and unconditonally opposed to someone or a concept you do look stupid at times, no correction all the time.
"Direct translations rarely work with any language. French, German, whatever. (except for basic sentences like My name is X) So translating directly makes you look like an idiot."
How about interlingua?
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"Machhli jal ki rani hai"
Your explanation for the first line was childish. By queen of the sea they mean the metaphorical 'queen'. Not a monarchy-style ocean government.
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Like I said you come of like an idiot, find some better subject material my friend, this is a really stupid topic, have some style dude.
I know. I defended a nursery rhyme...
OMG. OMG. OMG. My friend saw this and he's like I'm a vela for defending nursery rhymes.
Sigh. And now that my whole colony knows I'm a defender of fishes, I think I'm gonna delete that comment.
But I still stand by what I said, that post was useless.
hi ppl. Im rohan. hahaha . He doesnt delete his internet pages. and i told everyone .defender of fishes
hes told me all abt every1. ill tell you something. he likes someone. guess who.
...
That's total nonsense. I don't know any Rohan.
... Seriously.
Aw no Aditya!! That comment was funny.
And I suppose you people still don't get the fact that Subohi did this post as a joke. Like, cuz she had nothing better to blog about? It isn't supposed to become this huge debating issue.
To late sampoorna, it has become an issue. :P
"Johnny johnny, yes papa" kinda teaches children to lie, doesn't it....
Haw.
:P
Hold on. We don't really know, do we, whether Johnny was eating sugar? I mean, the poem doesn't quite state what was found in Johnny's mouth when he opened it.
but, er, isn't it taken for granted that johnny was eating sweets? he kinda manages to put it down his neck by the time he opens his mouth.. right?
I'm not too sure.
Lessee:
"Johnny, Johnny."
"Yes, Papa."
"Eating sugar?"
"No, Papa."
"Telling lies?"
"No Papa."
"Open your mouth."
"Ha ha ha."
Nopes, doesn't say anything like that.
Why do u think he laughs?!?!
I don't know. Guess he has a warped sense of humour.
He doesn't laugh, he says "Ha" thrice to make it all the more evident there's nothing in there. Generally, if you have some powdery substance in your mouth, it flies out when you say "Ha".
I just tried it. Nearly choked.
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