The quirks of Indian English
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And where do you hail from?
Originally Posted by Paagla Dashu 
where are you planning to put up?
where are you planning to put up? 
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Jan 22nd, 2012, 20:23 Naan.tering Nabob
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Yes .... this well known phrase caused an unfortunate misunderstanding with one of our female colleagues. She thought the young Indian fellow had asked her 'Where she was going to put out?" She said 'listen here & right now, bucko ......
Originally Posted by Paagla Dashu where are you planning to put up?
where are you planning to put up? 
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ~
T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
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Why, my native place, of course. 
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The Goonda's act is a loose term that means different things in different States. In Nick's Chennai, it would mean "The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Forest-offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Slum-grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982."
http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2...0200272000.htm
PS A goonda is, loosely, a street thug/criminal muscleman. Some places call them 'rowdy sheeters' probably because they have a police 'sheet'.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2...0200272000.htm
PS A goonda is, loosely, a street thug/criminal muscleman. Some places call them 'rowdy sheeters'
probably because they have a police 'sheet'.
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A Goonda is a Goon,
... which brings us to a related word, Mastan (= a tough). A common expression to denote such elements is, goonda-mastan.
A derived Indian-English term is Mastanocracy (I think the meaning is obvious
)..
History Sheeters. Worse: Notorious history sheeters. I do not want to meet one of them. Ever. Especially if they busy absconding at the time.
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Isn't that most of the drivers on most of the roads?
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I don't know how Indian or Universal usage of the term "Native Place" is, however whenever someone uses this phrase reminds me of the movie Avatar and the Na'vi.
Originally Posted by capt_mahajan
Why, my native place, of course.
Why, my native place, of course.
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That reminds of the age old misunderstanding when the Parisian arrives at his ritzy New York Hotel room ..... only to find that his bed has but one sheet on it.
Originally Posted by Nick-H History Sheeters. Worse: Notorious history sheeters.
History Sheeters. Worse: Notorious history sheeters. He immediately jumps on the elevator, arrives at the front desk & amid dozens of shocked onlookers starts screaming at the perplexed lobby manager. " I want two shit & I want two shit right now!!!!!"
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This is the whole story.
Originally Posted by PeakXV That reminds of the age old misunderstanding when the Parisian arrives at his ritzy New York Hotel room ..... only to find that his bed has but one sheet on it.
He immediately jumps on the elevator, arrives at the front desk & amid dozens of shocked onlookers starts screaming at the perplexed lobby manager. " I want two shit & I want two shit right now!!!!!"
That reminds of the age old misunderstanding when the Parisian arrives at his ritzy New York Hotel room ..... only to find that his bed has but one sheet on it. He immediately jumps on the elevator, arrives at the front desk & amid dozens of shocked onlookers starts screaming at the perplexed lobby manager. " I want two shit & I want two shit right now!!!!!"
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