Re: They must be tough over there

Subject: Re: They must be tough over there
From: Rachna Ganguli <rachna -dot- ganguli -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:33:40 +0530


:-)

Really?! Maybe you have it backwards! Nah.

All I have to say is that our version of English is "different." Not
everyone talks like this but yeah many of us do. Then we learn the
nuances. For most of us Indians, English is a second, third, fourth...
language.

There is a whole bunch of jokes and puns on this, but then we get our
laughs on English. (Sorry but that's true...)

Not only do we pass out of college, we "do" medical or engineering, we
pass class I, II, .... XI, XII. And yes, our education system does
make most of us pass-out! So many subjects, tests, exams, boards, ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English

Rachna
Who nearly died when someone recently asked "So, do you want to get
fresh?" He meant "You look awful, do you want to freshen up."


> > Idioms
> > --------------------------------------------
> > To Post = To Mail
> > To Submit = To Put in
> > To be Out of Station = To be Out of Town
> > A Place to Park = Driveway
> > A place to Drive = Parkway
> > Straightaway = Right Away
> > Anti Clockwise = Counterclockwise
> > Bunk School = Skip Classes
> > Passed Out = Graduated <====================
> > Fainted = Passed Out
> > Ring up Someone = Call up Someone

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