April 12, 2012

iPad vs iPod - how to differentiate in Telugu?

iPod - ఐపాడ్

iPad - ఐపాడ్

Both transliterate to the same. I was reading an Eenadu article about a kid copying in exams using iPod. I first thought iPad......

3 comments:

SLN said...

this is what I call them for reasons that are obvious when you say it.

IPad--IPeeda (Carry it around, charge it etc.)

IPod--IPodu (as it dins constantly in your ear-primarily a music thing isn't it?)

SRN said...

ఎ is special to telugu how do you write bank in telugu? peda పేడ in english?
పేడ్ FOR IPAD
ఫాడ్ FOR IPOD

Mrudula Singampalli said...

peeda...podu!! :P