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[sudzz]

Statutory Warning: If you are not South Indian it might be pointless reading further.

Extra Statutory Warning: If you are a Mallu with the pride of Kerala in your loins, DON'T read any further.

It has been a well kept secret for eons, shrouded in mystery and a maze of deceit, but finally Itty Boben Jacob Elias Kuruvilla from Pazhookaville, near Thelmasherry, Kerala, has consented to let us publish this classified Mallu formula, on the naming of Mallu Christian kids.

1. Select a combination of the mother's and father's names. eg: Suresh and Sharon = Susha or Joseph and Beena = Jobi.
2. The addition of a 'mon' (meaning son) or 'mol' (meaning daughter) is optional. eg: Sushamol, Jobimon.

3. To attach a modern anglicised feel to the names, the mol or mon can be replaced with boy or girl. eg: Jobiboy, Sushagirl.
4. For the politically correct Keralite family, mol and mon can be replaced by the universal 'kutty' (child), which can be used for both boys and girls eg:
Jokutty, Susikutty.
5. Even parents having combination names can still give their children suitable names eg: Libi and Jobi = Lijo.
6. However, in the scenario where the parents already have combination names that cannot form more comprehensible names eg: Itty and Amukutty, would produce only Itam (which doesn't even sound like a name) or Amit (which is like Northie and stuff!!), then:
(a) Use an English word like Baby, Merry, Titty, Pearly, Smiley, Anarchy, etc.
(b) Use a combination of two English names that you think sound cool (but never cool enough) like Meredith + Gina = Megi, or Sharon + Darlene = Sharlene.
(c) Use a name from the Bible (and not Nebuchadnezzar! Use one that even Velliammachi can pronounce) like Jacob, Sam, John, Joseph, Mathew, or Jijo!
(d) Use a name that sounds like a cuss word but isn't. eg: Boben, Prussy, Shagi, JustinTimberlake etc.

Note: The use of the letter 'j' is useful in the naming of siblings where names that sound alike are a novelty. Eg: Ajji, Sajji, Majji, Bhajji and Nimajji, or Sijo, Lijo, Jijo, Anjo, Panjo, Banjo.

An afterthought:
Q. What do you call a Mallu kid who sticks his nose into other people's business?
A. Pokemon

[jaat69]

Brilliant ...applause!

[Libran]

Toney is coming after you typical Dharam paaji style

Chun chun ke maaroonga.....Better mollify him...

[jaat69]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

[keep-it-cool]

The other custom is putting your house name as part of your name.

Hence
*Nedumudi Venu .. Venu who comes from Nedumudi
*Kootikkal Jayachandran .. jayachandran from Kootikkal

now how those places got their names is another story altogether

[dextrous]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

[sgusa]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

Jaat trying to patao MT ??

[fineleg]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

Jaat trying to patao MT ??

He is like the second hero in the movie - always left to shake hands with the real hero and then becoming "friends"

[keep-it-cool]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

typical North Indian mentality .. everything south of Mumbai is "south indian" .. tamil = malayalam = telegu = kannada ...

dex, this is mallu ... not tamil ....

[sgusa]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

typical North Indian mentality .. everything south of Mumbai is "south indian" .. tamil = malayalam = telegu = kannada ...

dex, this is mallu ... not tamil ....

Om Shanti, shanti shanti ... Disco Shanti....

[Libran]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

typical North Indian mentality .. everything south of Mumbai is "south indian" .. tamil = malayalam = telegu = kannada ...

dex, this is mallu ... not tamil ....

Om Shanti, shanti shanti ... Disco Shanti....

Yes..Disco Shanti acted in movies in all four languages 

[sgusa]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

typical North Indian mentality .. everything south of Mumbai is "south indian" .. tamil = malayalam = telegu = kannada ...

dex, this is mallu ... not tamil ....

Om Shanti, shanti shanti ... Disco Shanti....

Yes..Disco Shanti acted in movies in all four languages 

acted, for loose definitions of the word "acted"

OR

Well, the acting parts she was cast in typically cut across language boundaries. For all anyone cared she might have spoken tula in a czech movie

[fineleg]

[youtube=425,350]zWpHbUDFza0[/youtube]

[keep-it-cool]

was it disco shanti or silk smitha who did that item number in ghayal?

[fineleg]

Dont get fooled by the first 10 seconds...continue

[youtube=425,350]zoSilMsNH-M[/youtube]

[sgusa]

finey has just unearthed a classic here

[Libran]

was it disco shanti or silk smitha who did that item number in ghayal?

DS

[jaat69]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

Jaat trying to patao MT ??

Hmmm.......anything.
but this one is malayalam.

[caught and bowled]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

[sgusa]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

Ahh dang it! You are making me want some of the finest veggie food I ate in Palghat!

[dextrous]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

typical North Indian mentality .. everything south of Mumbai is "south indian" .. tamil = malayalam = telegu = kannada ...

dex, this is mallu ... not tamil ....

My friend, you assume too much about me. I was referring to the other thread where Jaat laughed at somethng said in Tamil!

[MockTurtle]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

Ahh dang it! You are making me want some of the finest veggie food I ate in Palghat!

palghat ROCKS, palghat food ROCKS and people of palghat origin ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

[sgusa]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

Ahh dang it! You are making me want some of the finest veggie food I ate in Palghat!

palghat ROCKS, palghat food ROCKS and people of palghat origin ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

Ok, MT. I always maintained that you rock

[keep-it-cool]

Infact......this nomenclature system unlocks a few secrets.

Jaat, have you been working on your Tamil 

typical North Indian mentality .. everything south of Mumbai is "south indian" .. tamil = malayalam = telegu = kannada ...

dex, this is mallu ... not tamil ....

My friend, you assume too much about me. I was referring to the other thread where Jaat laughed at somethng said in Tamil!

thought that at first ... but wasnt sure why the question arose on a mallu thread ... we mallus dont allow our space to be encroached ... if we call a strike, the DG will come down

[keep-it-cool]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

Ahh dang it! You are making me want some of the finest veggie food I ate in Palghat!

palghat ROCKS, palghat food ROCKS and people of palghat origin ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

just like GC and apna Himesss

[MockTurtle]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

Ahh dang it! You are making me want some of the finest veggie food I ate in Palghat!

palghat ROCKS, palghat food ROCKS and people of palghat origin ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

just like GC and apna Himesss

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends it to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends. 

[sudzz]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

Ahh dang it! You are making me want some of the finest veggie food I ate in Palghat!

palghat ROCKS, palghat food ROCKS and people of palghat origin ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

Ok, MT. I always maintained that you rock

Oh what bonhomie between you Pal Ghati's 

[keep-it-cool]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

Ahh dang it! You are making me want some of the finest veggie food I ate in Palghat!

palghat ROCKS, palghat food ROCKS and people of palghat origin ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

just like GC and apna Himesss

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends it to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends. 

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends <insert> non-performers <insert> to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends.  

Accurate now

[MockTurtle]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

Ahh dang it! You are making me want some of the finest veggie food I ate in Palghat!

palghat ROCKS, palghat food ROCKS and people of palghat origin ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

Ok, MT. I always maintained that you rock

geez, you have some fine taste after-all, despite all the other despicable interests. 

[sgusa]

Brilliant Sudzz. I can vouch for all the names mentioned. My son had friends named Lijo, Tijo, Bibin, Jubin etc. and my daughter had friends such as Pretty, Gifty. We would always wonder about  the origins of these names . The secret has now been revealed!!  On a related note, I must add that  the same Lijos and Giftys, when they grow up, would be called Lijoachen or Giftyamma etc.

Of course the names such as  Thoumas (Thomas), Jourj (Geroge) , Maadhew (Mathew), Bouby (Bobby) etc.  abound……..

This almost makes me Dubai-sick (as in homesick). In my previous life I have lived in Dubai for a long time. The Dubai of those days was all shorn of the glitz and glamour of today. It was a mini Kerala those days and over time one couldn't avoid being slowly converted into a Mallu to some extent. I realised that I had reached nirvana the day I found myself longing for puttu-kadala or egg-rosht appam for breakfast and kappa-meen curry for lunch. The omlette rolls in mallu parathas (yes such a thing exists) which the small roadside mallu cafes in the gulf make,  are worth killing for.

Ahh dang it! You are making me want some of the finest veggie food I ate in Palghat!

palghat ROCKS, palghat food ROCKS and people of palghat origin ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

Ok, MT. I always maintained that you rock

geez, you have some fine taste after-all, despite all the other despicable interests. 

<insert cliche'd flirtateous phrase about being a gourmet of all things fine>

[caught and bowled]

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends it to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends. 

If an innocuous thread on Mallu names can eventually turn into an anti Chappell rant, everything is possible in this world. I am stepping out to buy the Euro Millions lottery (24 Million Euros on offer this Friday night!!!)

[MockTurtle]

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends it to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends. 

If an innocuous thread on Mallu names can eventually turn into an anti Chappell rant, everything is possible in this world. I am stepping out to buy the Euro Millions lottery (24 Million Euros on offer this Friday night!!!)

hehe, buy some sense of humour too, while you are out 

[caught and bowled]

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends it to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends. 

If an innocuous thread on Mallu names can eventually turn into an anti Chappell rant, everything is possible in this world. I am stepping out to buy the Euro Millions lottery (24 Million Euros on offer this Friday night!!!)

hehe, buy some sense of humour too, while you are out 

I might say the same for you too

[MockTurtle]

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends it to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends. 

If an innocuous thread on Mallu names can eventually turn into an anti Chappell rant, everything is possible in this world. I am stepping out to buy the Euro Millions lottery (24 Million Euros on offer this Friday night!!!)

hehe, buy some sense of humour too, while you are out 

I might say the same for you too

you may, you may. it is better than asking me to buy 'sense' which is what i thought u might suggest 

[Blwe_torch]

 
what do these toothie smilies say abt my sense of humour?

[MockTurtle]

what do these toothie smilies say abt my sense of humour?

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

[caught and bowled]

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends it to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends. 

If an innocuous thread on Mallu names can eventually turn into an anti Chappell rant, everything is possible in this world. I am stepping out to buy the Euro Millions lottery (24 Million Euros on offer this Friday night!!!)

hehe, buy some sense of humour too, while you are out 

I might say the same for you too

you may, you may. it is better than asking me to buy 'sense' which is what i thought u might suggest 

I  have no doubt you are absolutely  "sense"ible

[MockTurtle]

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends <insert> non-performers <insert> to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends.  

Accurate now

right. GC is incapable of motivating people and sends them on a downward spiral! IP for one  

[Blwe_torch]

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends <insert> non-performers <insert> to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends.  

Accurate now

right. GC is incapable of motivating people and sends them on a downward spiral! IP for one  

the list itself has gone on a downward spiral..

[keep-it-cool]

GC ROCKS the Indian cricket and sends <insert> non-performers <insert> to abysmal depths, yes. that's where the comparision ends.  

Accurate now

right. GC is incapable of motivating people and sends them on a downward spiral! IP for one  

and SS probably climbed up that same spiral ...