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hmmm Kammi itself isn't derogatory, just like Negro isn't.. but it's use can be.
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I think thats a whole different issue Sabah was on about. Apparently I coulnd't get beyond ghatya and kammi to get the gist of it all.
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The word 'kammi' has no bad meaning for me. A good friend of mine is named Kamran and we call him kammi with love and affection. If someone called me Kammi I would probably give her a big hug to make up for any kammi baishi.
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oh ok, im so not understanding either...this Kammi word is kinda confusing. Im going to ask my daddi what it means, hopefully she wont curse me for asking!
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its unparh log rather than kammi..who slurrp the tea - but seriously have you tried slurping - it? its so much fun.
i think its dead tite tho calling the kammi people kammi.
ALlah didnt invent high and lo casts so we shouldnt say whos who and whats what..
nakhray math karo.
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miss mohabbat,
kammi - means neechy - which means lower - like nai, mochi, masali, bajgar, etc etc.
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MM: basically both mean low class...
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ok...i think i get what it means now...thanks Mem and 50-B
now what does tea drinking have to do with "kammi" people?
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It is not so much caste as it is socio-economic standing. You can call me Kammi..see if I care. 
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well... there's nothing neechy about these professions... it actually means "workers" the root of the word is "kam" - work. But it is used in a derogatory way and generally a reference to such workers.
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tea drinking has nothing to do with it.
Sabah just associated slurpy tea drinkers to kammi's.
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madhanee, so a worker is a kammi...shouldn't we all be proud of being a worker?. I guess not in the sub continent.
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slurping is not refined behavior, like some would think eating with your hands as opposed to using an utensil or licking your fingers :p
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yes we should be...but in the sub-continent people are proud of their body parts and the size of their farms, not professions.
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sabah I think you have a point. A person is not a kammi because of his caste but more so because of his actions. people use the word to mean somebody who is low etc but that is derogatory.If a guy has no table manners and you're pissed you can call him a jerk an idiot or a kammi.better use such terms for these circumtances then saying he is a kammi because of his caste.no such thing as caste systems.its people with screwed up heads.
rest of the herd, whats with the tea party?
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wanna be called a kammi eh? trying to move up in society hmmm
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well i asked my daddi what the term "kammi" meant and bless her she asked if i had spoken to my uncle kami...
Is it an urdu word or Punjabi?
and yes, before anyone witty person decides to comment, i have no life and i really do want to know...
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Missy, it is pronounced as “Come-EEE” Kum’ee (not Kammi or Commie). Now go and ask you Daddi again.
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Missy how's the proff doing?
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i pronounced it correctly ok, dont confuse me even more so...im still having trouble understanding what the "D" word means...I mean where do these words come from? they sound awful...