Re: [nukkad] Q on city history

[Satya <>]

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On Jan 18, 2001 at 11:09, Sameer Upadhye wrote:

>> -What does "Vidle Padle" mean?

>        This word has two pronunciations actually. one is the standard
>one you'd do for that L as in leela. The other pronounciation for that L
>is like LL if you know what I mean.

I certainly know what you mean. My mother-tongue happens to be Marathi.

Then again, you usually don't have d followed by LL, as it's difficult to
pronounce.

> You see that other prononciation is not in hindi or I don't

It's a Marathi pronounciation.

>recall. Probably latter. Anyway on either pronounciation the name Vidle
>Padle does not have any meaning. Its just a name of that town. There
>might have been some

Then `Ville Parle' makes more sense. Do you have any cites for `vidle
padle'?

Of course, `padle' means `fell' in Marathi, so `Vidle' could be someone's
name. `Vidle padle' would be where Mr. Vidle fell, or was defeated.


Joke: Given that Breach Candy is a European name, does `Parle' have any
sweet connotation?

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