Whenever my sister and I put our parents in a spot with a difficult question, they find out the answer by googling it. Well, I knew that they do not know it all a long time back. I have made it clear to them that they can look up Google and answer me :) I love the voice activated search on my father's phone. My belief in Google has been increasing with every answer it provided. But I think I took this belief a little too far. This is why
Incident 1
Relative 1(pointing at her son) - pAdukA, avana annA nnu koopadu (pAdukA, call him annA)
Relative 2 - ila, avan chittappa (He is chitappa)
Relative (after thinking for a while) - pAdukA mama nnu kupadanum nnu ninaikaren ( I think pAdukA should call him uncle)
Discussion as to what the relationship is continued for 10 minutes. I thought I had to intervene and put an end to this. The solution is so simple :)
pAdukA - Google la kekalaamey. adhu sollum na enna kupadanum nnu (Why don't we ask Google. It will tell us what I should call !!)
Incident 2
pAdukA - Ramayanam, Mahabharatam, Prahalaada kadhai laam nejam-a? (Are Ramayanam, Mahabharatam and Prahalaada's story true?)
ammA - Idhu ellaam romba kaalam munnaadi nadandadhu. naan paarkalai. adhanaala ennakku idhalaam nejamma nnu theriyaadhu. idhu lerndhu nalla vishayam dhaan katthukanum (All of this happened long long time ago. I have not seen it, so I do not know if it is true. We have to learn and follow the morals behind the stories)
pAdukA (referring to the voice response on phone used by her appA often) - phone la irukkale avaala kellu ma. avaa naraiya padichirkaa. avaalukku naraiya theriyum onna vida (Ask the person on the phone ammA. That person has read a lot and knows much more than you do )
ammA - !!! ( Am I not more real to you?)
Incident 1
Relative 1(pointing at her son) - pAdukA, avana annA nnu koopadu (pAdukA, call him annA)
Relative 2 - ila, avan chittappa (He is chitappa)
Relative (after thinking for a while) - pAdukA mama nnu kupadanum nnu ninaikaren ( I think pAdukA should call him uncle)
Discussion as to what the relationship is continued for 10 minutes. I thought I had to intervene and put an end to this. The solution is so simple :)
pAdukA - Google la kekalaamey. adhu sollum na enna kupadanum nnu (Why don't we ask Google. It will tell us what I should call !!)
Incident 2
pAdukA - Ramayanam, Mahabharatam, Prahalaada kadhai laam nejam-a? (Are Ramayanam, Mahabharatam and Prahalaada's story true?)
ammA - Idhu ellaam romba kaalam munnaadi nadandadhu. naan paarkalai. adhanaala ennakku idhalaam nejamma nnu theriyaadhu. idhu lerndhu nalla vishayam dhaan katthukanum (All of this happened long long time ago. I have not seen it, so I do not know if it is true. We have to learn and follow the morals behind the stories)
pAdukA (referring to the voice response on phone used by her appA often) - phone la irukkale avaala kellu ma. avaa naraiya padichirkaa. avaalukku naraiya theriyum onna vida (Ask the person on the phone ammA. That person has read a lot and knows much more than you do )
ammA - !!! ( Am I not more real to you?)
