Comments on: Phyrds Uykl 33

By: Swathi

Swathi — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:01:59 +0000

Great Sidin!!! I couldn't stop laughing.

By: Archana

Archana — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:37:53 +0000

Hehhhwhawhahaa, But must admit… Even with the limitations you managed to thwart the conspiracy and get yourself a punju sasuraal… Some determination that!

By: Manoj

Manoj — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:08:02 +0000

This is one really funny post.
I re-read it today, and I still laughed a lot.
Very good stuff.
-Manoj(Walk2Rem)

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 06:53:02 +0000

I LOVED your post! (I’ve actually just read back from August to here) It reminds me of my troubles with Mandarin (haha the white girl said “undercooked” which sounds like “able-to-get-pregnant” hahaha)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:03:30 +0000

2 of our teammates in Bangalore (all girls) were speaking between themselves in Hindi and I was a silent spectator. Lost my patience and asked them ‘Aap dhonon ke andar me kya hei?’ For a moment there was silence, and then I realised the blunder that I’d committed The incident became very popular among our colleagues, especially the fairer sex

-Doc

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:56:05 +0000

Too good dude!!
Now, I don’t repent for not being able to get the twists and turns of Hindi. A couple of my colleagues here at Shanghai have told that my Chinese accent is better than that of all other Indians at office. So, you too can try your hand (mouth) at Chinese. We’ll get it

-Doc.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:12:28 +0000

Hi, I’ve been reading your blog quite regularly after the mallu wedding entry, and I have to say, I’m positively hooked..you have great comic timing, in addition to being a very gifted writer. Good luck to you!

-R

By: sunshine

sunshine — Wed, 31 May 2006 10:53:03 +0000

he he... have you seen the movie "chupke chupke" starring dharmendra, amitabh, sharmila, jaya? Am sure many a fluent hindi speaking people wouldn't understand the "shuddh hindi" terms spoken there. Ever imagined a steam engine could be called lauha path gami agneerath (the fire chariot that moves on iron tracks)?

and that hilarious shayari of james-

aaj baagon mein khilenga ek gulaab
de saqi pila de pila de pila de ek gilaas julaab.

hope u know what julaab is... he he.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 May 2006 06:39:16 +0000

as a person who has failed in hindi 4 times (the only ever subject)….i feel ur pain my friend…;-)……

brilliant posts…had me on the floor with the bhajji comment…

pls do not stop….

Regards
nivas

By: Rajesh J Advani

Rajesh J Advani — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:31:08 +0000

I hear you!

A “North-Indian” (A term used by people in Tamil Nadu to refer to everyone who doesn’t belong to the 4 “South-Indian” states) tends to have the same problem in Chennai, though.

There’s three different pronunciations for “n”, but “p”, “ph”, “b” and “bh” are represented by the same letter of the alphabet. Same for “T”, “Th”, “D”, “Dh”. I _could_ go on. But I won’t.