u/inkheart101

I have just started noticing that a lot of people, not just limited to youth, have been talking like this:

- நா send பண்ணிடேன் instead of நா அனுப்சிட்டேன்
- reach ஆயிட்டியா instead of வண்டியா
- இப்போ available ஆ இல்ல instead of இப்போ இல்ல

I can think of more but y'all get the point. This is the case with music that has been coming out for a while now:
-Chellamma from Doctor:
பொதுவா Dhoni போல நானும் calm-u மா, இனிக்கு excitement ஆனேன் மா

- The whole Oorum Blood song

Again, you'd get the point.

I feel like we're losing out on whatever we as Tamils have put our heart and souls to preserve and protect our language only for us to give up something as basic as verbs and everyday vocabulary to English and trends that unfortunately end up staying.

The bad part is also that the marketers and influencers also talk like this. I understand they'd want to talk to their target audiences like they do but that concept is inter-dependent on both the factors.

Are we noticing this and letting this slide or is anyone making a conscious choice to not add so many english words into everyday vocab?

Don't get me wrong when I say that. I'm all for adopting English words when needed like, lift ல போனும், train ல போலாம் and anything along those lines.

I(F) was in sitting by a beach and was reading a book, listening to the waves. Apo, rendu pasanga, probably 17-19 year olds walked up to me and asked me to take pictures of them at the beach. Avungalukkulla tamil pesuradhu ketutu naanum, thambi inga light ila, apdi poyi nillunga nu solli rendu moonj photos eduthu kuduthen. Once that was done, when I gave their phone back to them, they both simultaneously went, 'selfie edukalama please?' To which I very calmly responded, 'Ila pa thambi' and they hesitated to leave but I made a stern gesture and then they left.

My bigger concern here is, why do younger boys these days think that taking a selfie with a random woman is normal? What is provoking them? Is it that a girl is by herself or my outfit (I was in a beachy top and shorts, not that it should actually matter) or the fact that I took pictures of them when they asked for?