Showing posts with label Regional. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Regional. Show all posts

Wearing Many Hats

 I think it was Edward De Bono who came up with the idea of  wearing 'different hats' to think differently. But I am talking of literal hats- some of the hats I have tried are Vietnamese (my favourite), Baseball cap, Mexican Sombrero, Moroccan Red, and some pagdis (headgear) like in Udaipur, Jodhpur (Rajasthani) and a Mysore Peta and Marathi Pheta. Of course, many Golf caps too.

Many of these are immortalised in pics- hopefully I will find them.















Pronouncing the Stuff

Renunciation is different from pronunciation. And it's tough to get both right.

We in India take pride in the fact that we are about speaking English the way we like it, and particularly take pride in our regional English. From a long time ago, jokes about regional accents have proliferated, and before I forget, I want to recount some of them.

Like in school, we would ask a Bengali to say, "Venkatramana, Venkatramana, why are you walking in the verandah," with results that were hilarious to the rest.

Or the famous one about a Gujju who went to the to a toy shop and instructed the attendant to "rape the doll" -all he meant was "wrap" or pack the doll.

The Andhravaadus generally pronounce the 'd' in bridge very hard, and it's hard to make them bu'd'ge from their stance.

Easterners like Odiyas confuse Boss with Bus and Bose (the name), so you never know whether the boss took a bus or missed it. Or if Bose did, if he wasn't the boss.

It's always a player to speak with a Punju, for that's how they like to pronounce 'pleasure'.

And with a Tam, it's usually 'money' above all, only you say it like Mani.

More 'eggzamples' can be found everywhere you look (ghati ending).




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