Romesh Ranganathan Can’t Speak his Mother Tongue | The Jonathan Ross Show

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[@icositetrachoron7028]

No

[@Bilal_Ahmed171]

@@icositetrachoron7028 Yes

[@in50mni4c]

Please go cwazy for Womesh Wanganathan!

[@sophietucker3163]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@itiswhatitis3582]

He said it as I read it

[@reemtri]

The closed captions also had the same thing 😂😂😂

[@DeanMoxley87]

🤣🤣🤣

[@yesiamthatgradeAcunt_]

Yes,very nice.Make fun of the guy with the speech impediment,that won't make you look like a total twat,no.

[@NishantChettri]

Even before you scroll you know the comments are gonna be filled with "Womesh Wonganathan"

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

I literally can't unhear it.

[@richardkeating3575]

Weally?

[@SpiderPigggg]

Also, Wobin Williams

[@sorenlorenson8327]

Or " oh my goodness they are sitting next to each other this must be old"

[@infiltratebird9869]

Shout out to whoever screamed in the audience when he big upped Sri Lanka!!!

[@theeejay8084]

Your parents making fun of your Tamil language skills in front of their friends at parties *So relatable*

[@dekuwar4436]

@@aryanyudha9264 well we also make fun of hindi. You should learn tamil that would work.

[@dhanusshk]

@@aryanyudha9264 mental poda angutu 😂

[@_lucky.roo_]

@@dhanusshk 😂😂

[@_lucky.roo_]

@@aryanyudha9264 a roast for a roast, no hard feelings brother🥰

[@madhir1716]

@AryanYudha and why shud we talk in hindi? To sell pani puri on south indian streets?

[@myuna93]

I'm glad that my parents sent me to Tamil school for 12 years 😁🙏🏽

[@nisansalabandara7569]

👍🏽

[@adityapawar659]

Because they are smart😁

[@jaffercr7]

Thai moli Thamil 👍

[@ThalapathyVeriyan18]

My mom thaught me tamil herself shes a teacher btw

[@vijayiyer4987]

Romesh ranganathan has tamil srilankan roots. Besides the fact that his parents didn,t speak to him, there,s the other complication that, during his childhood, he wouldn,t have been able to visit most tamil speaking parts of sri lanka because of the civil war that was going on between the ltte and the sri lankan army. My roots are in the indian part of tamil nadu. I still speak some tamil, because my parents spoke some tamil with me, we were able to visit the tamil speaking parts of india, and I was motivated to learn.

[@shriv55]

Where did you grow up with a name like that? I presumed TamilNadu but u cud be from UK.

[@anjali120]

you seem so liberal and i am very shocked with you carrying such last name

[@KanishkaWijesekara]

@vijay Iyer Vannakam, I am a Sri Lankan and I am Sinhalese. I grew up in the hill capital where lots of Tamizhs live. The capital Colombo has quite a decent Tamizh population too. So Mr and Mrs Ranganathan could've come from any part of the Island and not necessarily the North East . Nanri

[@naruvimama]

@@anjali120 Perhaps you are the one who needs some education.

[@anjali120]

@Maximum Max iyer is that pissed?! ROFL

[@ayazakhter2796]

Love how Jonathan always go all the way towards the doorway to Greet his Guest 💖

[@selvakumarrajendran9872]

It’s amazing how he’s got both English and Tamil humor sense in almost equal parts although he’s only exposed to the English culture .

[@giriprasadkotte9876]

Meh, Tamils don't have much in terms of sense of humour

[@selvakumarrajendran9872]

@@giriprasadkotte9876 yeah agreed , was not here to boast about Tamil humor . But Don’t judge a culture with the knowledge about a few people you’ve seen or got acquainted with .

[@giriprasadkotte9876]

@@selvakumarrajendran9872 I'm not judging etc. I lived in Chennai for a few years, watched Tamil movies etc. Just that the ethnical sense of humor is rather primitive.

[@sandeepsandy1679]

What tamil humor

[@selvakumarrajendran9872]

@@giriprasadkotte9876 wow if you say you watched movies to gauge a certain culture’s characteristics, it seems your opinion is rather primitive . Peace ✌🏽

[@emilyharwood89]

Hahaha the subtitles show Jonathan introducing Romesh as "Womesh Wanganathan" 🤣

[@maheshnambissan]

Yes

[@bevmordek5968]

He is the funniest comedian specialy when he talks about his mom calling him a coconut 🥥

[@SusithJayamanne]

"Big up the home office!" I'm literally on the floor! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@nah5925]

I didn't get that....

[@SusithJayamanne]

@@nah5925 you've got to be a 'fresh off the boat' (aka 1st generation) Sri Lankan immigrant living in the UK to get that joke. 😊👍

[@nisansalabandara7569]

@@SusithJayamanne ඒ කියන්නේ

[@suddonlee4326]

This dude is hilarious one of the funniest going around. Always cracks me up 😂🤣

[@MoAli-nv9cf]

He is naturally very witty and dry

[@thexingfu443]

Tamilians.. !!! we must learn from Malayalees!! No matter where they go, they never give up their language or culture.

[@mamthapaul1903]

Hahahaha that's true... 😂 Hai from Kerala

[@mithuna-tl8jj]

Fact but malayalee not in higher position in any job but in india they are think they are high class what a funny thing..

[@pmm1767]

@@mithuna-tl8jj Because Kerala is the best state in India buddy

[@sikandersehrawat9689]

@@pmm1767 every states in our mother india is best. there is no comparision between any states because they all have different but beautiful cultures. east or west india is the best.

[@pmm1767]

@@sikandersehrawat9689 which state are you from?

[@soriyarist2147]

His parents can't even spell Ramesh, why expect him to speak Tamil tho 🤣

[@vishi6182]

@Nei Pat exactly.

[@Rahulojha.]

@Nei Pat for real? I didn't know about that. Could you link me an article or something about this topic buddy?

[@rahultiwari-dx8qo]

@Nei Pat it's the other way round bro😀 sanskrit has words in all the south indian languages like telugu,Kannada, malyalam

[@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740]

I Also can't speak tamil but my grandfather speaks very well, he migrated from the south during the british rule to North india as he was working in ordinance. I feel very bad that I can't speak my native language and I feel even worse when I visit Tamil nadu during my vacations that I can't connect to people.

[@rishisharma5827]

@Nei Pat Seriously, Tamil is older, understandable, but Telugu!? It borrows from both Tamil and Sanskrit

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

The sad thing is in England if you present a Scottish Pound you get the look "what is this.." or it maybe more about the high degree of forging that goes on... in the UK

[@acommonman7950]

3:32 meanwhile that guy's having an existential crisis.

[@reeyanmaknojiya8921]

haahaha lmaooo

[@Cs-wf9ev]

Why though

[@realdevbro447]

@@Cs-wf9ev he's deaf.

[@realdeal7074]

Love him he's just naturally funny 😄😊 cool guy

[@ganeshmoorthy8900]

தமிழ் தெரியவில்லை என்பதில் பெருமை இல்லை..... ஆங்கிலம் பேசுவதில் பெருமையும் இல்லை...... வியப்பாக உள்ளது .... வெளி நாட்டில் இருந்தாலும் தமிழ் பற்று உடையவர்களையே நான் பார்த்து உள்ளேன்..... இவர் சற்றே வித்தியாச படுகிறார்

[@JV-ut4fi]

@godSave waldo Theva illama nu sollavendam.... naanum oru Singaporean thaan, anaal ippadi namma ivangalai vittuvicha, ivanuga mattum illai, ullagam poora, TN poora, Tamil azhinthuvidum...ore oru thalaimurai pothum. Even in Mauritius, they have Tamil names and Temples, but nobody knows Tamil, so there that language is gone, today in cities in TN, no child reads Tamil newspapers anymore, only those aged above 50 read Tamil newspapers. One generation can make a lot of difference.

[@Anjalirams.]

Yes... I am from Malaysia. I feel that as Tamilians living outside India, we have more responsibility to preserve our mother tongue. We speak at least 3 different languages here. All the more important for me not to forget Tamil language.

[@noguruespanol]

@@JV-ut4fi I agree totally. When I visit TamilNadu & speak in Tamil, many heads turn. They ask me how can I speak better Tamil, although I left 40 years ago. I am 68. Also in TamilNadu if u speak in good Tamil, u r being looked down as some1 without a good education. India is the only country where people mix up more english words in their vernacular language conversation. I hv lived in Japan and china and now in many countries of latinamerica for buz, all of them speak only in their tongue.. Romesh lives in England and speaks European. His parents lived in srilanka and speak Indian. I love his comedy but he has never been really clear about his actual mother tongue Tamil. He goes for few cheap jokes on the lack of knowledge of his mother tongue. Sad

[@Remcore020]

I just clicked this to hear Jonathan say womesh wanganathan, it never gets old

[@ashdown1981]

Romesh is great. Love how he hates one of his kids.

[@fintonmainz7845]

He knows a think or two about being a disappointment to his parents.

[@davidmundowyahoo7839]

My Dad used to ask us why we couldn't talk like nice little Irish kids when we were little. "Cos you moved us to England Dad?!" 😂

[@gpk-ld2lt]

😂😂

[@w7n424]

“Just put some citric fruits in it, hope you enjoy” I’m dead 💀😂

[@Nzlife123]

He just stole the show. Man you are the best.

[@staneagle1070]

Bob recommending you is such an achievement

[@ayushagrawal8064]

bob martimore is a legend

[@mikeburtyboy]

I swear they put romesh on just to fuck with wossy and having to say his name

[@ebengr3712]

Sri Lankan’s !! I’m proud i was taught in Tamil for 13yrs as a Sri Lankan. Most of the ppl hv this problem

[@swapnilraut8913]

They were persecuted in their country

[@stanlyjr9632]

This guy is on some high quality sri lankan weed.

[@terrybatman]

Definitely

[@bloodlust9203]

Only one eye caught the trip

[@sanaasial2138]

is it available in india

[@bloodlust9203]

@@sanaasial2138 It's called indica for a reason, that's why their religion is trippy

[@sanaasial2138]

@@bloodlust9203 wdym. i just wanna get high

[@AR-scorp]

Yearning for a world which is all calm and quiet, and me watching British Comedy all day long.

[@fatimaali8424]

I like how Jonathan still confidently says "speak Indian"

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Romesh is one of those comedians that makes you laugh and your not quite sure why?

[@Agent-E]

So true 💀😂

[@chopin65]

Romesh is naturally funny. If you look into his eyes, it is there. He is a born stand up comic. He has the same talent that the American comic John Belushi had. John could look into a camera, and it was funny. He didn't even have to speak. Romesh has that same gift. His mother is hilarious too. I think Romesh from her side of their family. I really hope Romesh does a few Hollywood films, soon. He could be a comedy giant, like Eddie Murphy.

[@stuntxl5783]

Maybe if this was the 90's or 2000's. I don't think comedian led films do as big as they used these days.

[@janani8117]

The language is Tamil not Sri Lankan

[@janani8117]

@zeze rumpa Romesh and his family are actually Tamil

[@annushankar3032]

@zeze rumpa it’s clear from his name he’s Tamil

[@noguruespanol]

Exactly. Parents original nationality SriLankan of Tamil descendancy. Romesh is a British Tamil who does not speak the language.

[@ruzlermusic]

80 % Sri Lankans speak Sinhala . Not tamil and Sri Lankans don't have Indian accent while speaking English.

[@noguruespanol]

@@ruzlermusic very correct. Americans hv american accent, aussies hv australian accent, kiwis hv their accent, british hv british accent, nigerians hv their accent, indians hv their accent and what accent do the srilankans hv??? Every area has its own accent in any language. Spanish people have different accent in spanish language inside spain , Catalunyans spanish is different from Madrid area, Newyorkers english is different fron Alabama english accent. Its easy to distinguísh among different Spanish speaking LatinAmerican countries too. All serve the fundamental purpose of expressing ones thoughts to others.

[@SarahSmith-nr2wj]

I'm vegan, can relate. He's epic.

[@Lexillios]

I'm from mumbai. My mother tongue is a certain dialect in marathi and I can't speak it.

[@vasudevgirap8403]

Malvani?

[@calmday2347]

I am from Kerala... पण मला मराठी येथ

[@subratadeb2068]

Well done

[@subratadeb2068]

Congratulations

[@hdee3604]

अस कसे चालेल दीदी😁

[@HerbertLandei]

Really relatable. My dad likes to camplain and to criticize me, but I'm the way I am because he fucked up as a father, being physically and emotionally absent. He doesn't like what he created, but has now the audacity to blame me while I suffered throug my whole adult life, and started to recover only recently. The coconut bit might be funny, but there is no better example to show the hypocracy of parents who fucked up, and refuse to own their mistakes.

[@lynneleeluckdowsing6654]

Effortlessly funny. Love him!

[@noguruespanol]

You said it right. But unfortunately he was not successful in the usa & returned to uk. I was disappointed.

[@lynneleeluckdowsing6654]

@@noguruespanol For too long and for too many, "making it" in America has been taken as the definitive litmus test of talent. Perhaps he's too quick, too subtle, too honest...

[@nasfannazeer1683]

Sri lankan 🇱🇰 ❤️ Love from home bro ❤️

[@kkibela]

Omg that one word ish is brilliant 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. I saw judge dread in Hindi and the one English word thing happened all the way through.. sort of like self verifying the subtitles 😂

[@Anbumpanbum]

Huh , his mother tongue is Tamizh

[@Mr_tickets]

Romesh is a boss man, so so funny

[@jamesnorman9617]

Omg, I’m vegan and I legit go to McDonald’s and ask for a bun with ketchup and onions on it 😂

[@jamesnorman9617]

@Jet Volare the vegan option at McDonald’s is crap tho, and the buns are really tasty... Idk 😂

[@realdeal7074]

😄

[@jamesnorman9617]

@Niall Black but you get beef burgers, chicken burgers and lamb burgers, so surely a ‘burger’ is just a sandwich using a roll and a heated patty in the middle? 🤷‍♂️ admittedly vegan burgers aren’t made out of vegans, it’s more of an umbrella term for burgers made for vegans, such as soya and pea protein. It’s the same for sausages too

[@steavlin0176]

Man can't speak his language....... That's sad

[@sagardyenchilwar8762]

@Good Game agree it's a choice to stick to roots not obligation We should not judge

[@Lala47362]

It’s not his fault if his parents didn’t teach him lol

[@vdobb99]

@Nihal H ancestors?? Lol, so he is biological white now?

[@davidz2808]

RR repeatedly says that Tamil is his mother tongue, but that he can't speak it because his family never taught him to. He was born & raised in W Sussex. How then can Tamil be his first language? English clearly is.

[@zurzakne-etra7069]

lol what?

[@pragsri8377]

Not first language but mother tongue

[@davidz2808]

@@zurzakne-etra7069 What part of my comment don't you understand?

[@davidz2808]

@@pragsri8377 They have the same meaning. How can his mother tongue be a language which he has never known?

[@pragsri8377]

@@davidz2808 it also depends on his ethnicity.

[@onlyme9254]

"durka durka bounty durka durka! Kinder surprise! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RkSaha-gh5jv]

Romesh bro i am from west bengal, india. Here an indian girl named sara tendulkar( daughter of legendary sachin) dont know his mother tounge marathi. And his lives in india at mumbai since he was born

[@Praveenapalanisamy]

Not only Sara, even Dhoni kid speaks only English.In India speaking English is pride

[@RkSaha-gh5jv]

@@Praveenapalanisamy ziva( dhoni child) ko hindi bolte suna hun.

[@Historychap53391]

Proud to be Sri Lankan...🙂🙂

[@dss6838]

I like how Sinhalese love successful tamilians

[@Historychap53391]

@@dss6838 no matter what we all share Sri Lankan blood n far as I m concerned Sinhala Tamil division is just a division through there language n culture which can be termed as handmade things by humans...🙂🙂🙂

[@dss6838]

@@Historychap53391 that's lovely.

[@rahuladesilva7686]

For what? because he is sri lankan

[@Krishandas1996]

He is tamil..so tamil are real indians....🇮🇳

[@husnaatif44]

I love romesh he's so funny 🤣

[@eelamite]

bro i grew up in australia "why don't you know sinhalese/tamil" bro didn't ask 😂

[@thestormlscoming]

Romesh, this is my same fucking struggle! Rents didn’t teach me shit and now I have no culture to claim.

[@Honeybear0488]

Problem is when people go to English speaking countries, they suddenly start behaving embarrassed to speak their own language and grade intelligence by how well u speak English :(. Happens to NRI kids a lot

[@thecryptohacker9976]

@@Honeybear0488 The thing is you can like and explore any language and culture that exists in this world.People shouldn't be blamed or bashed for not being associated or liking the culture their parents are from.abut if you feel embarrassed of a certain culture,that's the problem.Ive seen more patriotic nri's than people who live in India itself and try to copy and enact the West while staying in India and speaks English with a fake american accent.The statement you made 'when people go to West,they feel embarrassed or something like that'its a generalized statement which is barely even true.There are thousands of reasons for which people go outside.eg: their company sent them there,for research purposes,better livelihood,he or she is a consulate general of India etc.So yeah.

[@Honeybear0488]

@@thecryptohacker9976 true .. I’ve experienced that too.. it’s disheartening

[@jayanthilameer756]

Romesh complains his parents didn’t teach him Tamil. I didn’t teach my children Sinhalese but my son just picked it up and my daughter didn’t try so she doesn’t speak Sinhalese and blames me for not teaching her.

[@crypticTV]

You can always try now to teach them 💁🏻‍♂️

[@vdobb99]

It's parents responsibility to teach kids their mother tongue. It's not too late u can always teach her .

[@sinhalalion1806]

I mean, it's your responsibility as a parent to pass down your language and culture to your kids. When they are small they might not show too much interest in it because they just want to play or do other stuff, but the older they get, the more they will appreciate the efforts you did to teach them their own cultural roots. You can't expect your kid to learn Sinhala on their own if they live abroad, plus there is little resources online to learn the language properly, so help your daughter out, I'm sure she will appreciate it.

[@thecryptohacker9976]

@@vdobb99 It's not one's responsibility.Learn the language you like or are interested in or which might be helpful to you.Ultimately language is only a form of communication.Some of you guys really like to force things.

[@vdobb99]

@@thecryptohacker9976 LOL

[@phy3006]

Wow I want to wish the parents like his... Great job...

[@pledisboss]

His vegan jokes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rajamohammed8683]

I believe language chooses you instead of the other way around. I took my first real inspiration for writing from a lady who wrote a novel with heavy puritanical views and i, though barely sixteen at that time, could understand the language of 1800s, and while i suspect a quite a lot of guesswork involved at that point, i still would say i was feeling so related with the content and narrative. The reason why i love English language more is that it's chosen by outer elements to give this world a vast treasure of literature and culture. One cannot think that the USA has come to choose English over others by accident, and it's inevitable English speakers come to get the upper hand in guiding the cultural aspects of the entire world. There are people with ambitions to elevate a language of their preference to political gains and from what i gather in the experiments they try to pull off in midst of people who never really have a care for reading and writing it's turned out no less than a farce. A language belongs and tends to grow among people only there's a fine refined culture in affluence with the land. About being a coconut, now exactly what is a mother tongue? In India i believe English can be easily called as a mother tongue too, since mothers have a fancy to make their babies call them mommy. Hilarious but true. Jokes aside, i would say English is very well in the category where you can call it a mother tongue. English is infact the one real official language in the country, right?

[@vickrant3523]

You are right. The language that you speak originally is your mother tongue not your mother's tongue. Many people whose mother tongue is not english find the language far superior in expression of ideas than their own native languages. It's no surprise that it is the only language to have crossed one million words in usage

[@rajamohammed8683]

@@vickrant3523 in India you come to see in every corner, on every consumer product you ought to buy, there are English words painted and printed without exception. And every sentence you speak in your native language contains at least an English word in it. I would boldly say English is Indian's mother language too.

[@vickrant3523]

@@rajamohammed8683 In India if u try to use a pure vernacular sentence people stare in surprise.

[@rajamohammed8683]

@@vickrant3523 they would even think you are fake if you choose the currect vernacular.

[@davidmundowyahoo7839]

Also, how did J Ross ever think Ramesh was Indian? Assumed he was English based on his "accent and manners" but the same happens to me and I'm actually Irish.

[@davidmundowyahoo7839]

@Saurav Bhowmik yeah but that was kinda my point or is that what you mean? I'm an immigrant but cos I have an English accent and am white I never get asked where I'm from and if I do say I'm actually Irish I get told "yeah but you're not really are you?" 🙄🤦

[@adith9327]

Srilankan people especially the tamils are indian migrants from pretty recent just different nationality

[@davidmundowyahoo7839]

@@adith9327 Ramesh is English born so he's not an immigrant

[@adith9327]

@@davidmundowyahoo7839 I am not saying he is an immigrant i was talking about his ancestory and his name is romesh not Ramesh

[@VK_BeautifulLife]

It's actually not funny that people forget their roots and don't know how to speak their mother tongue. Many of those who immigrate to other countries for a better life face this challenge of losing their cultural identity. His mother is spot on in worrying about him not knowing to speak the native language.

[@pnmnmtz6568]

her responsibility to teach it

[@VK_BeautifulLife]

@@pnmnmtz6568 Agree but it's difficult to sustain a language without constant communication. While at home, the family speaks to the kids in the native language and teach them everything but once they turn 18 and leave home they communicate mostly in English with others and the touch with native language lessens gradually and after a point they start speaking English even to family members. This is the case in most immigrant families. All I said was the mother's worry is justified and same is felt by many immigrant families as well.

[@maximus3543]

@@VK_BeautifulLife yeah but she littrally didn’t teach him it, yes when someone moves somewhere else you can start to lose that cultural identity but it’s not to romeshs fault that his mother didn’t pass along her language and it’s most definitely not her place to judge and mock him that she didnt do that. It’s not that he’s just not speaking it he was never able to speak it.

[@VK_BeautifulLife]

@@maximus3543 I agree dear that it's not Romesh's fault and parents could have put more effort in speaking in native language to kids. I just don't understand why the audience found the whole thing funny, its probably British humor that I don't get :-)

[@maximus3543]

@@VK_BeautifulLife yeah I mean I find it funny, I’m British, it’s hard to explain exsacly why it’s funny. I think the reason the audience laughed is sort of his delivery, it’s super sarcastic and sorta hints that he’s annoyed by it but also doesn’t care overly much. Then there’s also the sort of depiction of his mother like the idea that he doesn’t understand what she’s saying and then it’s just the word “coconut” and sort of the exsageration of it all. I think those play into the joke the most, he was deliberately trying to be funny, that’s how he delivers jokes and I suppose if you’ve not grown up around that you can’t pick up on it.

[@lyn5880]

People really bothered that a man who was literally born and raised in England his whole life doesn't speak Tamil? (My parents brought me up using both languages and I'm still not fluent). The real atrocity is all the desi guys in the motherland sending pervy messages to every woman in the U.K./U.S., hoping it'll score them a green card. Probably shouldn't complain about this guy when you're sending "Hello maaam show can i see more photos" to every girl on Facebook.

[@silverscreame]

That's a solid point right there❤️👏👏

[@extanegautham8950]

actually, Romesh is actually, and no idea why, doing a south INDIAN accent, not at all a Lankan accent. While both Sinhalese and Eelam Tamils migrated from India in ancient times, Lankans, whether Tamil or Sinhalese speaking, speak English with a very distinct accent that has a melodic lilt that almost sounds like a blend of South Indian and Carribean English......The Sinhalese version might be a tiny bit more melodic, as Sinhalese is itself quite melodic....

[@gallivantdiaries9457]

I’m around Sri Lankan Tamils everyday and Romesh’s accent is exactly like theirs lol never heard a Caribbean sounding Sri Lankan. Mauritians maybe but not Lankans

[@divya.s6878]

I am here after watching him in Cinderella movie 😊

[@illustrateGaming17]

It's not Nathan ..like Nathan from uncharted...it's Nathan

[@nationalistthug4234]

Not knowing your mother tongue is equivalent to not knowing who your father is. 💖

[@harishthethird]

what if it is your mum that doesnt teach you that

[@potatowarrior747]

That's kinda stupid NGL

[@surya_0x0]

Thats a dumb statement. Many people are born in different parts of the world, they don't inherit their parents culture automatically, they need to be taught and be exposed to language and culture.

[@potatowarrior747]

@@surya_0x0 finally someone with common sense. Thank you.

[@RkSaha-gh5jv]

@@surya_0x0 bro zara english medium ke bachche se pucho ki kya wo log apne apne mother tounge mein thik se baat kar sakte hain. I am from bengal and here english medium students cant speak properly their language bengali.

[@sukant08]

Well ... he is a tamil Sri Lankan who technically were Indians who taken taken to Sri Lanka by the British to work at the tea plantations

[@TGAProMKM]

Actually srilankan tamil are native of Sri Lanka,but yes there is certain set of indian Tamils from tamil nadu moved to srilanka in the form of slavery....

[@emmanuelraylive]

Why can't anybody pronounce his name properly? I don't think even Romesh can pronounce his full name properly.

[@noguruespanol]

Sorry Dont judge others by your standard.

[@harisadu8998]

@@noguruespanol Ask 70 million Tamils. They'll tell you.

[@radhikanambiar4501]

I thought he pronounced his own surname wrong (or at least going by how Ranganathan is pronounced in India)

[@aviarun9427]

Just Jonathan Ross telling Romesh that he thought he was Indian is the fact that Brits only consider white people as British. Romesh is clearly English no matter what he looks like. At least that's what his mother wanted him to be, by not teaching him his mother tongue. Tamil actually has more speakers in India alone than several central European languages combined, is an official language in 3 countries, and has quite a huge movie industry. There's no way Romesh was not exposed to the language in one way or another. If he doesn't know the language, it means his parents went out of their way to prevent him from getting exposed to the language so he can be identified as English.

[@affren3148]

A lot hypothesis going on here🤣

[@aviarun9427]

@Maximum Max It is. Most Gen X South Asian parents have a colonial hangover. They're also very conformist in nature. Keeping face and maintaining social status is very important to them above all else. I've met 2nd generation Indian American kids at weddings and parties, and their parents would go so far as to shield their kids from talking to anyone who might speak to them in their heritage language.

[@divyanshtripathi4867]

@@aviarun9427 this is so disturbing

[@abhijithks384]

Is he tamil?

[@zebrasbean2385]

What makes u think he can’t speak it cus his parents stopped him? What if he just never wanted to learn it or spoke it

[@Goonar4Life]

I’m from Kerala originally our mother tongue (Mayalalam) is similar to Tamil my mum never taught me and she’s says the same shit about how I don’t speak it I say the same thing back.

[@SiriusMined]

Some of my Jewish ancestors changed their first names to sound less Jewish, but kept their very Jewish-sounding surnames.....

[@mcdelive]

Romesh (Tamil) representing Sri Lanka in UK is like a Scottish Guy born in Sri Lanka saying he is 'British' to fellow Sri Lankans. And entire Sri Lanka look at that Scotsman and say that's our funny English fella😆 !

[@sophietucker3163]

WOMESH WANGANATHAN 😂😂😂

[@Allegro_Giusto]

When I was 16 and worked at Maccys, there was a few times when people ordered a hamburger with out the burger 😆 Or even a cheese burger with no bun.

[@eelamite]

aaha so yall do call maccas maccys there!! we call it maccas here LOL 😂

[@m27d96]

I absolutely looove him 😍💖

[@sachithaillangage3168]

Ranganathan is Indian name not Sri Lankan native. Exg - England Scottish person.

[@Bravo.6]

Dude, Ranganathan is a common name among Tamils all around the world. PS: there are a big differences between "nationality" & "ethnicity".

[@-a7132]

So you’re tryna save all Tamils of Sri Lanka are Indian origin right And that Sri Lankan natives are those with only Sinhalese names?

[@truelies3783]

Dei tambi, nee tamilanda!!!

[@amiemohan8578]

Sri Lankan first....

[@dennysam7778]

@@amiemohan8578 Sri Lanka or India, just countries, Tamilan is a legacy, emotion, pride.

[@nasfannazeer1683]

Sri lankan thamizhan

[@JotheezJO]

Tamils always first...

[@ravikanags7341]

இந்த பையனைப் பார்க்கும்போது எனக்கு கோபம் வருகிறது, ஏனென்றால் அவர் தனது அடையாளத்தையும் தாய்மொழியையும் இழக்கிறார், இதன் பெருமை என்ன?

[@barua124]

Ramesh app sony earth mey serials ,usmey nay chis kya hai? Same serial paiyle se hai, great human race

[@MsPasidu]

Sri Lankan Here ✌🏾✌🏾🇱🇰

[@chessandmathguy]

Looks like he speaks his mother tongue just fine!

[@teddyarmy6769]

what is an Onion Bargee?

[@Internationallyestonian]

Love this guy!

[@trueguynolies]

He says the same jokes in stand up quite a lot...but they are funny 😁

[@eelamite]

i knew this guy was tamil off the bat bro 😂

[@bobclarke2705]

cant speak his mother tongue...... thats the ultimate in irony

[@bobclarke2705]

@bharatvarsha Real his comment not mine so tell him. !!!!!

[@satyam1945]

Let's make earth multilingual though,but he should know tamil is as old as sanskrit language,used in for Quantum research too.

[@rgb2296]

@@satyam1945 quantum reasearch??

[@rgb2296]

@Good Game True

[@bobclarke2705]

@@satyam1945 NO earth shouldnt be multi lingual it should have one language BUT if a group of language enthusiasts want to keep a dialect of complete language alive then so be it but the official language should be one language that everyone can understand

[@HK-sw3vi]

his actual name is Jonathan Jostar

[@chr1staki]

Isn’t the original pizza 🍕 from Naples cheese 🧀 free?

[@acommonman7950]

Yeah and the original cheese from 1575 AD is also cheese free.

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

Yeah and tbh if you go to a real Italian pizza place, there are at least half of the options being naturally vegan. I never got why ppl say it's hard to eat as a vegan other than cravings-wise. I eat so much food and never had an issue, regarding options. But I also don't go to mainstream places to eat, generally. Because they're fucking gross. ..and I grew up with an Italian / romanian dad taking me to his friend's restaurants where they made me legit food that tastes gorgeous. Also I'd rather give actual families etc money, vs places like McDonald's and so on. And as a result, I get to have many options and generally better health, whilst being in pleasant company etc.

[@realdeal7074]

@@acommonman7950 cool!

[@meenas8237]

Nothing to be proud of - not being able to speak your mother tongue!!

[@cybervoid8442]

Well it's not his fault

[@noguruespanol]

@@cybervoid8442 I am like Romesh's parents. Tamil. None of my 4 kids speak Tamil bec, my wife is Chilean. Lived all their lives in Chile without hearing me speak Tamil with any1. The fault is neither mine nor theirs. It happens. The oldest language on earth will survive after me, Almost 80M in this world.

[@cybervoid8442]

@@noguruespanol yeah makes sense.

[@Rajkumar-ul7ko]

@@noguruespanol you should have take them to India for some time. Give them tamil books

[@noguruespanol]

@@Rajantuber Many africans, europeans and indians are gifted & learn to speak 2 or more languages b4 turning 10 which helps to reduce tremendously the risk of contracting alzheimer later. British & all americans are not that lucky. Its a big advantge for them most of the world learns English but the disadvantage is british/americans dont find the need to learn other languages.

[@ashishprakash7759]

How does it become his mother tongue if he cant speak it

[@primelad2696]

What an awesome guy

[@shivasantosht]

So Romesh Ranganethan, Aziz Ansari, Mindy Kaling are all Tamilians 😳

[@JoshAwang]

Womesh Wanga Nathan... nice twist!

[@centuragb]

He really has a confused identity. He says he is a Sri Lankan Tamil, but when he does the accent thing he speaks with a Sinhalese accent.....😃

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

He was born in Britain, his mother tongue is English!

[@generalruckus]

I could be a Womesh too. ..and guess what the J stands for...

[@goodboygaming1473]

Jonathan?😂

[@krishnaawasthi4045]

Shri Lankans are our cousins seperated by a giant swimming pool.

[@peikadhai5530]

Yeah... But, never try to swim on it. They will shoot you...

[@archankumarmyana40]

Womesh wonganathan. Very unique name indeed!

[@rharishnarayanan]

Jonathan Ross reminds me Kripki from Big Bang theory .. his name is John Ross Bowie .. 😳😳

[@danijelandroid]

Jonathan R. R-Nathan.

[@vivekrbs]

This guy was math teacher man

[@OmkaarMuley]

Indian! ♥️🕉️

[@barryetheridge6639]

Wasn't he born in England so he's native tongue is English

[@mansoimanmansoi]

Had the experience of handing over Scottish money (Clydesdale Bank's ones nonetheless!) to the Indian food delivery guy. Did not succeed, ended up having to scour for whatever pure English notes me and my mates had.

[@Smart_Tamaha]

Is he a PHD holder from Oxford or Cambridge or MIT ?

[@lakshanrod]

Sri Lankan 🇱🇰❤️

[@harikc872]

i want to know how america became rich????? i am from india....i dont completely understand the slang but entire people of the planet think america is rich and more opportunities there....