Today while searching for some content on internet, I found some misinformation being passed on to those who take advice on internet rather seriously. Someone wrote that the word "kar" comes from Tamil whereas it is really of indo-aryan background. In Sanskrit(not Samskrut) this word stand for "hand" from where comes "karna" "kaar" etc. Now "Kaar" is also found in Farsi and other Central Asian languages leading to "Kaar-aamad" and "Kaar-Ghuzaari" The Punjabi word "Kaar-Sewa" has its origins somewhere here. In Urdu we have "Kaarsaaz", "Kaarkun", "Kaarnamah" etc which etymologically flow from Western Asia. While learning a Second Language, one must try to understand how a word came into being and what transformations it went through on the way to its present position. If you try to compare "advertisement" in English and "avertisement" in French you will be surprised to find the difference-the French word stands for "warning"! While trying to learn French, I was taught that "trois" in French(meaning "three") is to be pronounced as "troo-aah". Later on, I found that it is pronounced or also pronounced as "twah". Random House Dictionary says it is "trwa" What is it? Hamari Bechari(Becari in old books) English has a "Bath-room", "Wash-room" and "rest-room" for the same "room" as we move from one country or rather, continent to other. And, is it a room, really? Yes, for some who read their newspapers or magazines there! I would also like to add that we Indians(whether Hindus, Bharatis or whatever) do not know that "v" and "w" are two different sounds- one is spoken at the lips and the other inside the mouth. For the time being, I shall stop here. For more, you may refer to "English is English" as amended by me on date. I shall revert to the subject when possible.
