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Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted on: 31-12-02 17:50:25
It is imperative that we all desis understand and speak the local accent here. Indian english does not work. Here are a few tips which will help you on the streets and at work...work..not office.
* U don't open conversation (on telephone) with a
"Hello" but with a "Hi"
* The telephone is never "engaged", it's always
"busy".
* U don't "disconnect" a phone, U simply "hang-up".
* U never "mess-up" things, U only "screw them up".
* U never have a "residence" tel. no., U have a "home"
no.
* U don't stop at the "signals", but halt at the
"lights".
* U don't "accelerate", U "step on the gas".
* Your tire never "punctures", U may have a "flat".
* The trains have "coaches" or "boggies' no more but
"carriages" or "boxes".
* There R no "petrol pumps", but "gas stations".
* "I don't know nothing", 2 negatives don't make a
positive here.
* U no longer meet a "wonderful" person, U meet a
"cool" guy
* U don't pull the switch down to light a bulb,rather
flick it up.
* U don't "turn on the heat", U "turn on the juice".
* There's no "Business Area" only "business
districts", and no "districts"
but "counties".* No one stays "a stone's throw away",
might"a few blocks away".
* There's no "Town Side", it's "Down Town".
* In hotel U no longer ask for "bill" and pay by
"cheque", rather ask for
"check" and pay with (Dollar) "bill"s.* There R no
"soft drinks", only "sodas".
* Life's no longer "miserable" it "stinks".
* U don't have a "great" time, U have a "ball".
* U don't "sweat it out", U "work U'r butt off".
* Never "post" a letter, always "mail" it and "glue"
the stamps, don't
"stick" them.* U no longer live in "flats" or
"blocks", find an "apartment".
* U don't stand in a "queue", you are in a "line".
* U no longer "like" something, U "appreciate" it. *
"#" is not "hash", it's
"pound".* U R not "deaf", U have "impaired hearing".
* U R not "lunatic", U are just "mentally challenged".
* U R not "disgusting" U R "sick".* U can't get
"surprised" U get "zapped".
* U don't "schedule" a meeting, U "skejule" it.* U
never "joke", U just "kid".
* U never "increase" the pressure, U always "crank" it
up.
* U never ask for a pencil "rubber" U ask for an
eraser.* a rubber is a condom
* U don't try to find a lift U find an elevator.
* U no more ask for a route but for a "RAUT"
* U don't ask somebody "How r u ?", U say "What's up
dude?"
* U never go to see a game U go to watch a game.
* If U see "World" champions(or Series),read
"USA"champions(or Series).
* There's no "zero" but "o", no "Z" but "zee".
* There's no FULL STOP after a statement, there's a PERIOD.
* If someone gets angry at U, U get "flamed".
* You don't say "How do you do", you say "How you
doin"
In short U don't speak English, U speak American.
* Well u dont' say life is boring u say LIFE SUCKS !!!!!
nice post guju_canadien!!!
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A Proud Indian Canadian
We discussed something similar here
http://www.canadiandesi.ca/read.php?TID=116
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A Proud Indian Canadian
hi focks,
You never get a Bill, when you pay money in store but get a receipt.
nilesh patel
good one!
Hi, Nice practical thinking and feebback. what if we, make it in a tabular form, Hello = Hi engaged = busy disconnect a phone = hang-up mess-up things = screw them up residence tel. no = home no. stop at the signals = halt at the lights accelerate = step on the gas tire punctures = flat tire trains coaches or boggies = carriages or boxes petrol pumps = gas stations wonderful person= cool guy switch down to light a bulb, = flick it up. turn on the heat = turn on the juice Business Area = business districts no districts = but counties a stone's throw away = a few blocks away Town Side = Down Town soft drinks = sodas miserable = stinks great time, = ball sweat it out = work U'r butt off post a letter, = mail it stick = glue flats or blocks = apartment queue = line like = appreciate it deaf = impaired hearing lunatic = mentally challenged disgusting =sick surprised = zapped schedule = skejule it. joke = kid increase the pressure, = crank it up. pencil rubber = eraser lift = elevator. route = RAUT see a game = watch a game. World champions(or Series) = USA champions(or Series). zero = o Z = zee FULL STOP = PIVOT. angry = flamed How do you do = How you doin AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? It is not that we teach our children english, ITS OUR CHILDREN, WHO TEACH US CANADIAN ENGLISH. ha, ha, ha |
15-01-03 13:45:20  |
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Hi,
Nice practical thinking and feebback. what if we, make it in a tabular form,
Hello = Hi
engaged = busy
disconnect a phone = hang-up
mess-up things = screw them up
residence tel. no = home no.
stop at the signals = halt at the lights
accelerate = step on the gas
tire punctures = flat tire
trains coaches or boggies = carriages or boxes
petrol pumps = gas stations
wonderful person= cool guy
switch down to light a bulb, = flick it up.
turn on the heat = turn on the juice
Business Area = business districts
no districts = but counties
a stone's throw away = a few blocks away
Town Side = Down Town
soft drinks = sodas
miserable = stinks
great time, = ball
sweat it out = work U'r butt off
post a letter, = mail it
stick = glue
flats or blocks = apartment
queue = line
like = appreciate it
deaf = impaired hearing
lunatic = mentally challenged
disgusting =sick
surprised = zapped
schedule = skejule it.
joke = kid
increase the pressure, = crank it up.
pencil rubber = eraser
lift = elevator.
route = RAUT
see a game = watch a game.
World champions(or Series) = USA champions(or Series).
zero = o
Z = zee
FULL STOP = PIVOT.
angry = flamed
How do you do = How you doin
AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
It is not that we teach our children english, ITS OUR CHILDREN, WHO TEACH US CANADIAN ENGLISH. ha, ha, ha
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Sunil Sharma, P.Eng.
