gopsy Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 my English is not that good, and i once remember being in a position.. i think it was an interview, wherein at the end of it i thought I'll ask the interviewer's name . but couldn't get the right way to do that and ended up saying "your KIND name" . only later did i realize it's your "good name". Your Kind name , why ahhhhhh why did i say that??????? hope it doesn't sound too bad , what do you guys think???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Indians I talk to use a lot of '...and all" in a sentence. For instance, "he told something and all to me". Also, "like anything". "He scolded me like anything!". Is that a south Indian thingy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 ^^ Thats a generic thing CA. A word that I see a lot of Indians, and I mean a LOT lot, use is -actually . The other day I am watching this Harbhajan Saga covered on TV and the anchor goes like this - Well actually what happened was Harbhajan patted Brett on his rear. Nothing untoward was said actually but Symond for reasons unexplained went craxy. Actually this is not the first time since he has done this, the man has been known to actually pick fights. So he sledged Harbhajan and Harbhajan responded. Symonds thought he said monkey actually HS said maa ki.. Instead of watching the TV I should have actually given a contract for the man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 >>.Also, "like anything". "He scolded me like anything!". Is that a south Indian thingy? nah ...that is quite common everywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Actually....:P I misuse that one too.....:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I have seen my father say "Your good name please" many times, guess he picked it up from his dad, coz i have seen him use it often too. A lot of Indian English usages are amusing, esp ones like " like anything", "You know like", "actually"... Some of the other funny usages that i have come across, "Where you are going ?" "What you want?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineleg Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I have seen my father say "Your good name please" many times, guess he picked it up from his dad, coz i have seen him use it often too. A lot of Indian English usages are amusing, esp ones like " like anything", "You know like", "actually"... Some of the other funny usages that i have come across, "Where you are going ?" "What you want?"[/ Whaeeere youuu want iiitttt? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7UwZBOKuzM]YouTube - JUJUBI[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineleg Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Actually....:P I misuse that one too.....:D "basically", well "basically", do u use basically a lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetle Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 nah!...actually I misuse only actually ...........:D I also use "i know" unnecessarily........:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 "means"/"I mean" is quite common too. Also, in India, people use 'a couple' for any number and not for 2 as it's meant to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajiv Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Bascially is used a lot How about the dancing NOD? like you when agree with something, you shake your head like a pendulum as if you are actually agreeing with someone More like when Indians say the word " ha ha barobar " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 sometime ago one of my colleague found it funny when I was counting on my fingers. People in the western world just use fingers (so they can count upto only 5 on one hand) while desis usually use the finger partitions. So all fingers have 3 boxes and the thumb only 2 so we can count upto 14 on each hand. My colleagues actually found that very odd and whenever I use it they always smile ...Al though I don't know what's funny in that :omg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajiv Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 How about checking the month ( 31/30 days ) with the knuckles, lotta people have no clue about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 How about checking the month ( 31/30 days ) with the knuckles' date=' lotta people have no clue about it[/quote'] neither to do I ..I suck at that too :nervous: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajiv Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 BTW, you may notice this but desis count in hindi ( subsconciously ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajiv Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 neither to do I ..I suck at that too :nervous: HUH, you don't know how to check which month has 31 or 30 days with your knuckles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 HUH' date=' you don't know how to check which month has 31 or 30 days with your knuckles[/quote'] No, so I always think of the months I am sure off like Dec , Feb , Jun , Jul and then work it out .. I aint that dumb :yay: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desi Cartman Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 BTW' date=' you may notice this but desis count in hindi ( subsconciously )[/quote'] The use of "Aur" in english sentences is also quite common Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineleg Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 How about checking the month ( 31/30 days ) with the knuckles' date=' lotta people have no clue about it[/quote'] i do this.:two_thumbs_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgusa Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 sometime ago one of my colleague found it funny when I was counting on my fingers. People in the western world just use fingers (so they can count upto only 5 on one hand) while desis usually use the finger partitions. So all fingers have 3 boxes and the thumb only 2 so we can count upto 14 on each hand. My colleagues actually found that very odd and whenever I use it they always smile ...Al though I don't know what's funny in that :omg: If you also use the part of the palm under each finger as a count that is 4 * 5 = 20 on a hand. That is the technique used to count out the 108 or the 1008 utterances of the Gayathri Mantra when chanting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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