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• From: ravi SUNdaram (@ 192.149.1.168) on: Mon Aug 16 08:49:57
  
  Unix users, people without anjal fonts: your screenshot is ready.
  
  
• From: bb (@ inehou-pxy06.compaq.com) on: Mon Aug 16 09:12:57
  
  an excellent story, sun, showing the difference between reality and assumptions about life on the other side!
  
  
• From: pae (@ global22.citicorp.com) on: Mon Aug 16 14:33:17
  
  Good one Sun.
  
  
• From: Áվš½ý (@ gup-097-dpm3.cia-g.com) on: Mon Aug 16 15:34:00
  
  
  
  ¡ÍÆò
  
  …ì´³Å,ºÍ¢œÆÁÖÒ‘° ת¥‘Ì ×Ý™ ƒþÒœ‘ œÓ¿€ºþÆ °¹±Ï¹°‘ÕÅ
  ƒÏÃ€é º¦´°±Ö €¥ÇÖ ¶€é€×þÆ °¹°³ "ƒ™€Ì À‘ª¨™"...
  
  µòê,בⴳ™è.
  
  þÀÕÅ,‡±ÑÀ€éÆ‘î Š¿½°Ö ב™ÄÒÅ Šòì :)
  
  " ŠÏÀé Denny's …«Ú ب±—Æ‘òêÖ À±Æ …«Ú œ‘¿»¨Å þº‘³
  óòîÖ ‹Ì´±Ö „™è ±À‘ ƒÏ¹°°‘Ö þ×ì ƒÏ™€™ À‘íê …ª‘ѹ³
  œ‘¿»ª¨ æ´þ°ò.
  
  ºÒ×Ï¥›æ™ Ãò½ Åºþ‘«Å —×›¥‘ Ò‘ªó’Ö þÀþÒ —°‘›Å
  Šª¥€¥è Àíé»é×í€é …°‘žî¿º¨´±Øª¨ µ‘€Ò¹³ Ìב þ°‘€œ€ã ‡¿º¦
  ƒé™ æ¹°—°ò—é‘Ï Øî‘ ƒ¿þº‘³ þ°‘òìŽé³,
  "ƒ™€Ì À‘ª€¥" º¦´°Ú¥ò :))
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: aruLarasan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu) on: Tue Aug 17 17:25:47
  
  
  ÝâÂý,
  
  ¸Ä츢ðËí¸. ¯í¸ÇÐ Óó¨¾Â ¸¨¾Â¡É Åú¢ò¾¢ Å¢¿¡Â¸¨Ã Å¢¼ ­Ð Á¢¸×õ º¢ÈôÀ¡¸ ¯ûÇÐ.
  Å¢ò¡, ¾¢ù¡ ±ýÈ ¦ÀÂ÷¸¨Ç ÀÂýÀÎò¾¢Â¢ÕôÀ¾¡ø ¦¸¡ïºõ ÌÆôÀÁ¡¸ ­Õó¾Ð. ÁüÈÀÊ ¸¨¾
  ͨÅ¡¸ ­Õ츢ÈÐ.
  
  (¿¡ý ±ó¾ ´ôÒ¾ø Å¡ìÌãÄÓõ ¦¸¡Îì¸ Å¢ÕõÀÅ¢ø¨Ä :-)) )
  
  
  
• From: aruna (@ 209.45.188.215) on: Thu Aug 19 18:13:51
  
  ungaludia kadhai ..Premai thavira veru per theriyado
  
  
• From: aruLarasan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu) on: Thu Aug 19 23:13:42
  
  ravi,
  
  intha kadhaiyil oru kuRai(?). iraNdu mAdumE pasuvAka vuLLadhE. kALaikaLellam color blindO? (kuththam kandupidikkAma irukka mudiyalaa :-)) )
  
  
• From: ravi SUNdaram (@ 192.149.1.168) on: Fri Aug 20 08:03:20
  
  Thanks, bb, pae, aruL, marudhavaaNan, aruna and KD.
  
  I know aruNaa typed "pramaadham" but the word was eaten by an evil web server :-)
  
  aruL, marudhavaaNan: There were many more mistakes mostly technical. The readers are very nice and forgiving. I tried to keep the direct speech and the thought process of characters in dialect and the story tellers' description and moves in purer thamizh. I did not suceed very well. On top of it horrible grammar mistakes like "siRumi ... pOnadhu"!
  Thanks for the comments.
  
  
  
  

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