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From: kochumol@leland.Stanford.EDU (anna geevarghese)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: aviyal
Date: 28 Jan 93 20:07:26 GMT
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA


Friends,

If I remember right, someone has asked for the recipe of aviyal.

This is not the authentic one.
Due to the lack of availability of the right vegetables in this country,
it may not taste as good as the real one.

Any way, I shall tell you in humble words how i do it here.
there may be other ways to improve it.
Suggesstions are welcome.

AVIYAL

Ingredients :

I..

Banana ( Nendrakaya or Eethakaya) - one, peeled and sliced into two inches
				long and 1 inche broad.(These Explanations 
				are difficult. I hope all of you have an idea
				of what i am trying to convey)
Beans 		- 6 to 7 cut into 2 inches long pieces

Long Beans (Payaru) _ 4 to 5  cut into 2 inches long pieces.

Carrots		- 2 small ones cut in the same size as banana.

Onions(Optional)- one large sliced into long pieces.

Potato (Optional)- One large sliced in the same size as banana.

Capsicum (Optional)- One large sliced in to long pieces.

Drum sticks ( Murringakka)- 2, cut into 2 inch long pieces.
	you get fresh ones in chinese stores. If not, you get tinned ones
	in Indian stores which are smashed and look ugly. :-)

Although these all cannot substitute for chena, vellerikka etc..., we just 
have to be satisfied with these here.

II..

Grated coconut 	- 3/4 cup soaked in warm water.
Shallots	- 2 to 3
( If you are using onions use 1/4, cut into small pieces)
Cumin seeds 	- 1/4 teaspoon.
Green chillies	- 4 to 6 ( according to your tolerance limits)

III..

Turmeric powder	- 1/2 teaspoon.
Salt		- 1 1/2 teaspoon.

IV..

oil		- 2 table spoons.
(If you can get coconut oil, it tastes a lot better than any other oil 
for aviyal)

V..

Yoghurt		- 3 to 4 table spoons.
Curry leaves 	- 2 stems.

( Should adjust the measurement according to the sour taste of it.)

Procedure :

Boil all the ingredients in I and III with enough water to cook.
Grind the ingredients in II and mix it with the cooked vegetables.
Wait till the coconut starts boiling.
Add the yoghurt and wait till it boils.
Pour the oil over it and spread the curry leaves.
remove from the fire.
keep the vessel closed for some time after it is removed from fire.

Those who want it little watery, adjust the water level. :-)

There may be places where the authentic vegetables are available
in this country too. If any one knows, pls inform me.

Putting things into measurement is a difficult task for me,
cause I experiment and get it right to my taste.

I suggest you  too should experiment to your tastes and get
the masterpiece.:-)	


enjoy !!

I can assure you, you  wil not have to call 911.:-)


-Anna
From: jraghav@unity.ncsu.edu (JAYAKRISHNAN  RAGHAVAN)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Re: Movies
Date: 28 Jan 93 21:55:52 GMT
Organization: North Carolina State University Project Unity

Regarding the movie Varavelpu,  there is a classic dialogue delivered
by Lal about the folks back home:

Ellavarkum venam lo Hitachi TVyum, National VCRum.  Ninde okke vijaram
itha Dubai marketil, chumma kittunada?

and on similar lines questions a union leader about the `mahatvam' about
work.  Also, Thilakan adds to the dialogue by saying that when any
middle class guy starts a business he's labelled `bourgeois'  (Did I spell
it right?).

It is a must see movie.  

also highly recommended a movie - Sandesham featuring Jayram, Sreenivasan,
Thilakan, KPAC.

-  Jay
-- 
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		Jayakrishnan S. Raghavan (Jay)
		College of Textiles
		North Carolina State University
		
		jraghav@tx.ncsu.edu 

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Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: fazel@unirsvl.RSVL.UNISYS.COM
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Yet another newcomer!
Date: 28 Jan 1993 02:51:19 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

namaskaaram suhr~thukkaLe,  

   I have been a reader of ACK since I came to know about it in November.  It   
   makes me feel at home reading the nice articles which appear in this 
   newsgroup.   

   Here is a little something for you guys to enjoy.  It is a song, which is
   one of my favorites.  It is sung by Yesudas. 

      thamasamenthE...  varUvaan

      thamasamenthE varuvaan
      pRanasakhi ente munnil... 
      thamasamenthE aNayaan 
      pRemamayee ente kaNNil...   thamasamenthE varuvaan... 

      hEmantha yaamini than maNviLakku poliyaaraai...   
      maakantha SakhakaLil rakkiLikaL mayangaarai...
                                  thamasamenthE varuvaan... 

      thaLlimaramiLaki ninte thankavaLa kilungiyallO... 
      poonchOla kadavil ninte paadasaram kulungiyallO...
      paloLee chandrikayil nin mandahaasam kanduvallO...  (2)   
      paathiraa kaaTTil ninte   
      pattuRumaaliLakiyallO...     thamasamenthE varuvaan...

   I would also like to take this opportunity to comment on the on-going issue  
   as to allow religious propoganda or not on ACK.  I have been enjoying ACK
   the way it is now.  Also, I find beauty in the real teachings of different   
   religions.  But, most of the time on news groups where religious discussions 
   go on, ther is a tendency to end up in mutual critcism and finding fault in 
   others religion.  Because of that reason, I would favour avoiding religious  
   propoganda on ACK, even though I am game for a healthy and positive  
   discussion about different religions which might help us understand each 
   other better.  God bless all of us!

   snehapoorvam,

- Fazel M. K.Haris
(fazel@unirsvl.rsvl.unisys.com)

PS:  Since this is my first posting, I think it calls for a small introduction  
     of myself.  My name is Fazel M K Haris.  I am from Tellicherry in Cannanore
     District.  I did my B.Tech in Computer Science from Government Engineering 
     College, Trichur (1985-'89) batch.  I am working for Tata Unisys Ltd, India
     and am currently on a project at the Roseville plant of Unisys Corporation 
     in Minnesota.  (I have put more details on paulchem's ACKERLIST.)   If you 
     know me or if I know you or if you just feel like it, please send me mail. 
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: tripunit@algol.cs.psu.edu (Mahesh V Tripunitara)
Subject: Re: movie songs
Organization: Penn State Computer Science
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:02:25 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.132138.9291@engage.pko.dec.com> anandraj@tis.enet.dec.com (Geetha Anandraj) writes:

>Can someone tell me what movie these songs are from?

>	2. Krishna kripaa sagaram	

Sargam.

Mahesh.
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: manu@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Njan)
Subject: Re: Being Americanized.......
Keywords: Life, living in America 
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 00:35:37 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.172655.19352@athena.mit.edu> mcmathew@athena.mit.edu (Mithran C Mathew) writes:
>Hi all,

Oh no! ABCD's in ACK!

>However, now that I am 19, I see the world in a different light.  All my life,
>all of my friends have been White caucasians.  They have been the people
			     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I find it amusing that the person who is raving about assimilation of 
cultures ( or lack of it ) makes it a point to point out the "race" of his
friends! 

>So here is my final question to all of you.  What is worth preserving from Kerala?
>Certainly not Communism/socialism.  I'm a Buchananite when it comes to politics
>(even with the "family values")  so its pointless for me to revive a dead system.

On one side this dude talks about lack of assimilation of culture... on the
other side he says he is "anti-gay" (family values). Why this double standard?
Who is going to be next? Blacks? That should fit in well with the "Buchananite"
politics?

On one side YOU expect to be treated fairly... but you aren't ready to do the
same to others!

You know, I think I like the clan better than scums like you.. at least they
are consistant in their hatred!

>						Mithran Cherian Mathew

Njan
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: rxr00@cas.org ()
Subject: Old Movie Songs
Reply-To: rxr00@cas.org
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:06:51 GMT

	Thanks to Chidi Subramaniam and  Prathapan Sreedharan for the
	lyrics.
	
	Hope we will find more of such lyrics for songs that we constantly
	keep humming without knowing the complete lyrics.
	
	Ravi
From: mathew5@evans.ee.adfa.oz.au (Mathew)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Republic Day ???
Date: 26 Jan 1993 05:47:25 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



Today is India's Republic day, Jan 26. 

May I ask you all what do we have to be proud off??

We gained freedom from the British only to replace it with our own Regime which
oppresses our own people.

Look at India today. Still in poverty and needless suffering. What have we 
gained? What have we achieved?

We are so proud of India being a democracy but it is a democracy without 
discipline. A democracy that allows one to vote but not to eat. 

It is a country full of polititians. Polititions with many promises but 
little vision.

Today I do not celebrate the Republic Day, but only bow my head in prayer to
remember my brothers and sisters struggling to live in India.





Reji Kuruvilla Mathew
Australian Defence Force Academy
Canberra ACT


"Lighted to Lighten"
From: mece21x@rosie.uh.edu (Yesudas, Michael)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Re: Tippu Sultan - some speculation
Date: 26 Jan 1993 17:25 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: rosie.uh.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <1k43h9INNkg9@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>, madanga@hobo.ECE.ORST.EDU (Arun Madangarli) writes...
> 
>>there was a lesson about a King who ruled from Quilon (near Calicut), I
>                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>                            " ?!!"  

Wait a minute! The place could be Kottayam, near Calicut. That place has a 
name of some town in South Kerala and it was near Calicut or Wayanad. Could
someone help further?

>Arun

Sincerely
Michael
From: mathew5@evans.ee.adfa.oz.au (Mathew)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: just testing
Date: 22 Jan 1993 23:29:52 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

hello every one
  

reji mathew
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: molly@uga.edu ()
Subject: Re: Movies
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:15:59 GMT

In article <C1IyyD.MG0@news2.cis.umn.edu> subraman@myria.cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian) writes:
>In article <1993Jan27.134701.9549@rigel.econ.uga.edu> molly@uga.edu () writes:
>>In article <1993Jan26.221702.19102@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs911093@ariel.yorku.ca (SHANTY KOKKAT) writes:
>>>Here are some movies I like..I don't mind watching it over and over..
>>>
>>>1. Pukalam varavai
>>>2. NadodiKatt
>>>3. Ai Auto
>	Mohanlal and Rekha (tamil). Comedy, but not of high quality.
>	'Sundari' is a nice song.
>
>>>4. Chithram
>>>5. PeruVannaPurathe Vizhenjal
>>>6. Bharatham
>
>	Mohanlal's superb performance ( national award for 1991).
>	Mohanlal and his brother are singers( classical). Out
>	of professional jealousy Mohanlal's brother (Nedu M Venu)
>	leaves the house and gets killed in an accident. Only
>	Mohanlal and his lover(urvasi) know about this and doesn't
>	want to disclose this to others as his sister's marriage
>	is also fixed at the same time. Mohanlal has potrayed the
>	character very well, especially in the second half, where
>	he restricts and controls his emotions and suffers within	
>	himself.
>
>	Great songs from Jesudas.
>
>>>7. Thalayanamathram
>>>8. His Kindess Abdulla
>
>	His Highness Abdullah. Another comedy from Mohanlal.  Again
>wonderful classical songs from Jesudas. Mohanlal is a gangster and he
>acts like a long lost son of Nedu M Venu( a king) to take possession
>of the royal wealth. But at the end he reforms.
>
>>>9. Kudumba puranam
>>>10. Oru paikili kadha
>>>11. Vannanam
>	^^^^
>	I think you mean 'Vandanam'. This is again a Mohanlal's
>movie. Nice comedy.
>
>>>12. Akare akare akare
>	
>	Mohanlal and Sreenivasan play detectives in USA(?). This
>is a sequel to the movie Pattina Pravesam. Comedy.
>
>>>13. keereedam
>
>	Mohanlal's another masterpiece. The story shows how a nice guy
>can become voilent when pushed to the wall by society. Thillakan as
>Mohanlal's father gives a equally good performance.
>
>>>
>>>+ any movie produced by Bala Chandra Menon (I guess I spell it correct)
>>>
>>
>>Thanks for this list.  Isn't possible to give brief info about some of
>>these movies (e.g. actors, comedy, drama etc?)
>>#1, #9, #10, #13 about these movies.  Thanks
>>
>>Molly
>>
>> 
>
>

Thanks

Molly
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: mchundat@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mathai Chundattu)
Subject: Re: SCK, Moderation and other stories
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:24:38 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

In article <1993Jan22.110035.10466@ac.dal.ca> indran@ac.dal.ca writes:

>Roots of many social problems in Kerala and in any other part of the world 
>lie in religion and God. Thus by banning all 'religious propaganda' from 
>the news group without defining what it is we are making ourselves slaves. 

I fully agree with your opinion that the kerala society, and for that
matter, indian society as a whole is deeply based on religious
foundations. In this respect religion must be a topic to be seriously
discussed over the net. As many of us remember we had such peaceful
discussions on ack before though they were in a small scale because of
the insufficient number of participants. Now, since we seem to be having
many eager to discuss the issue of religion let us first agree on a few
conventions which would make our discussions smoother and we still have
the homey feeling which all of us together cultivated in ack. It is my
feeling that this homey atmosphere is the most important factor which
attracts all of us to ack. 

As many pointed out it is time we define for ourselves and understand
what 'religious propaganda' means in the ack context. In my opinion any
article on religion must be welcomed to ack if it conforms to the
conditions below which are, of course, open to discussion. I am sure
that there is a lot we can do without hurting others' sentiments. This
is what I think:

1. Everyone must be free to discuss and share what he likes about 
   his own religion. The person speaking about his own religion must
   not appear to be saying that he is following his religion because 
   the other religions didnt fit his needs and that the one that he 
   follows now is the only one that he could find from the equally 
   bad alternatives. In other words, open criticism of other 
   religions must be avoided.

2. Let us try not to associate human qualities to religious upbringing
   of a person. Let us not say that hindus are inherently like this,
   muslims are like that and christians are like something else etc. Let
   us not say that social problems are due to the existence of any of the
   religions.


Let us assume that everything which crosses the limits of this
conventions is not suitable to ack. 

Rather than enforcing such conditions let us think ouurselves before
posting whether our articles will be a propaganda or not.


mathew
-- 


Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: kailath@prema.aix.kingston.ibm.com ()
Subject: Re: English/Hindi names of spices - Help
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 04:33:33 GMT
Expires: References: <1993Jan20.122856.22976@syma.sussex.ac.uk <1jl0j4INN6je@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU <C17qMM.5uC.1@cs.cmu.edu> <107871@bu.edu>
Reply_to: kailath@prema.aix.kingston.ibm.com ()
Organization: IBM Corporation, Kingston NY

In article <107871@bu.edu> mani@budoe.bu.edu (Ramana Mani) writes:
>
>
>	English			Malayalam		Hindi
>	-------			---------		-----
>
>	Cumin seeds		(Perum) jeerakam      	Jeera
>	Fennelseeds		Cheru jeerakam ?	Somph	

 one small correction here. You all got the two jeerakams
mixed up . It should be
>
>	Cumin seeds		jeerakam         	Jeera
>	Fennelseeds		(Perum) jeerakam ?	Somph	


 Dominic
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Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: subraman@myria.cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian)
Subject: Re: Movies
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:59:10 GMT

>>>>Here are some movies I like..I don't mind watching it over and over..
>>>>
>>>>1. Pukalam varavai
>>>>2. NadodiKatt
>>>>3. Ai Auto
>>	Mohanlal and Rekha (tamil). Comedy, but not of high quality.
>>	'Sundari' is a nice song.
>>
>>>>4. Chithram
>>>>5. PeruVannaPurathe Vizhenjal
>>>>6. Bharatham
>>
>>	Mohanlal's superb performance ( national award for 1991).
>>	Mohanlal and his brother are singers( classical). Out
>>	of professional jealousy Mohanlal's brother (Nedu M Venu)
>>	leaves the house and gets killed in an accident. Only
>>	Mohanlal and his lover(urvasi) know about this and doesn't
>>	want to disclose this to others as his sister's marriage
>>	is also fixed at the same time. Mohanlal has potrayed the
>>	character very well, especially in the second half, where
>>	he restricts and controls his emotions and suffers within	
>>	himself.
>>
>>	Great songs from Jesudas.
>>
>>>>7. Thalayanamathram
>>>>8. His Kindess Abdulla
>>
>>	His Highness Abdullah. Another comedy from Mohanlal.  Again
>>wonderful classical songs from Jesudas. Mohanlal is a gangster and he
>>acts like a long lost son of Nedu M Venu( a king) to take possession
>>of the royal wealth. But at the end he reforms.
>>
>>>>9. Kudumba puranam
>>>>10. Oru paikili kadha
>>>>11. Vannanam
>>	^^^^
>>	I think you mean 'Vandanam'. This is again a Mohanlal's
>>movie. Nice comedy.
>>
>>>>12. Akare akare akare
>>	
>>	Mohanlal and Sreenivasan play detectives in USA(?). This
>>is a sequel to the movie Pattina Pravesam. Comedy.
>>
>>>>13. keereedam
>>
>>	Mohanlal's another masterpiece. The story shows how a nice guy
>>can become voilent when pushed to the wall by society. Thillakan as
>>Mohanlal's father gives a equally good performance.
>>
>>>>
>>>>+ any movie produced by Bala Chandra Menon (I guess I spell it correct)
>>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for this list.  Isn't possible to give brief info about some of
>>>these movies (e.g. actors, comedy, drama etc?)
>>>#1, #9, #10, #13 about these movies.  Thanks
>Molly


14. Varavelpu - 

	Mohanlal. Another nice comedy+social drama from Mohanlal.
Mohanlal returns from Dubai to stay with his two brothers, both of
whom are interested only in his money and want him to go back to Dubai
to earn more. But Mohanlal wants to start some business with the money
that he has with him. After a lot of thinking he decides to start a
bus company and then all his troubles start. Sreenivasan and Revathi
are also in the movie. A nice long touching(second half) movie. A
must-see!



Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: tripunit@algol.cs.psu.edu (Mahesh V Tripunitara)
Subject: Re: YOU DECIDE 
Organization: Penn State Computer Science
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:16:44 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.181922.10296@iscsvax.uni.edu> eswaran3372@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:

>Mohanlal or Mammotty?

Mohanlal.

>Aviyal or Saambar?

Yes.

Mahesh.
-- 
Proof by eminent authority : "I met Karp in the elevator & he told
			      me that it was probably NP-complete."
From: madanga@hobo.ECE.ORST.EDU (Arun Madangarli)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Re: Tippu Sultan - some speculation
Date: 26 Jan 1993 19:30:49 GMT
Organization: ECE Dept.,OSU,Corvallis
NNTP-Posting-Host: hobo.ece.orst.edu

In article <26JAN199311170668@rosie.uh.edu> mece21x@rosie.uh.edu (Yesudas, Michael) writes:

>there was a lesson about a King who ruled from Quilon (near Calicut), I
                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                            " ?!!"  

>forget his name, but the time frame was also the same near about 1800 or so.
>And if my memory is correct, his entire small tiny kingdom was beseiged
>by the same Duke's army for months together. Does anyone remember this?
>

I am not sure, but could it have been Pazhassiraja ?

>Sincerely
>Michael

Arun
From: jv4s@cyclops.micr.Virginia.EDU (Jayanand Vasudevan)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: A thousand Apologies! (who posts what...)
Date: 21 Jan 1993 21:49:43 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Ooops!

Anybody out there bagged a deer lately? I'd like to eat some 
humble pie.
Sorry! I stand corrected as to the process by which moderated 
groups are formed and run. Thanks for the info. The crack about fiefdoms was
a direct result of that ignorance and uncalled for.
I still think banning religious postings is a bad idea, moderated group or
not.
Ciao
Jayanand
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: jacobt@nynexst.com (Jacob Thomas)
Subject: Re: movie songs
Reply-To: jacobt@nynexst.com
Organization: NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 21:33:19 GMT

In article 9291@engage.pko.dec.com, anandraj@tis.enet.dec.com (Geetha Anandraj) writes:
>
>Hello Everyone,
>
>Can someone tell me what movie these songs are from?
>
>All the songs are sung by K.J. Jesudas.
>
>	1. Sangeethame Amara Sallabame

   Either Bharatham or His Highness Abdullah
   
>
>Geetha
>remember.

Jacob
-----




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From: balraj@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: National Welding/Metallurgy Association - INDIA
Date: 23 Jan 93 22:24:53 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Sub: Welding/Metallurgy Association


Hello Ackers,
I am posting this in the hope that someone can assist me in getting some info.

I would like to get the address of any welding/metallurgy associations or
organizations in India. I need to get the member list of such an asssociation
from India. If anyone out there has ANY clues please let me know.

Balu

BALRAJ@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu                   

Balraj V Menon
1826 Missouri St.
Lawrence, KS 66044.
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: subraman@myria.cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian)
Subject: Re: Movies
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:36:41 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.221702.19102@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs911093@ariel.yorku.ca (SHANTY KOKKAT) writes:
>Here are some movies I like..I don't mind watching it over and over..
>
>1. Pukalam varavai
>2. NadodiKatt
>3. Ai Auto        [Mohanlal]
>4. Chithram	   [Mohanlal]
>5. PeruVannaPurathe Vizhenjal
>6. Bharatham	   [Mohanlal]
>7. Thalayanamathram
>8. His Kindess Abdulla   [Mohanlal]
       ^^^^^^ Highness   
>9. Kudumba puranam
>10. Oru paikili kadha
>11. Vannanam
>12. Akare akare akare   [Mohanlal]
>13. keereedam           [Mohanlal]
>
>+ any movie produced by Bala Chandra Menon (I guess I spell it correct)