Why Tamil's Dunno Hindi??

Thanks to Robin's Blog and his link to the Hindu article
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2005/01/16/stories/2005011600260300.htm
I came to know a bit more about the "Hindi Edhirpu poorattam" of the sixties.

Orkut in Tamil

Recently I tried to switch my ORKUT language to tamil. The tamil equivalents of the english terms used were very good.I've given a few

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The most funny translation was for the marital status "single"
Guess what??
"Thanikkattai" :)