The quirks of Indian English

Eastern Mind · Sep 20th, 2009, 23:31

DD: That is funny. Good thing I'm not still teaching because I'd be laughing to myself at the front of the class during my introduction to capitalisation spin. The kids would be saying, "Mr. M., why are you laughing?" and of course I couldn't tell them. Maybe the grade 9s or high school, if you dared. But some righteous parent would be on the phone.

A colleague, while trying to yell at the boys at the back of the room to "Stop jacking around!" slipped up and yelled, "Stop jacking off!" instead.

anupmathur · Sep 21st, 2009, 00:04

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Originally Posted by Eastern Mind

A colleague, while trying to yell at the boys at the back of the room to "Stop jacking around!" slipped up and yelled, "Stop jacking off!" instead.

No harm done, LOL! The class did not burst into laughter, I'm sure!

You can even say, "Stop jacking off! The Principal just passed away"!

brishti · Sep 21st, 2009, 22:53

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Originally Posted by AwayFromHome

Oh, just that I've never set foot in Bengal, and have never had a real close Bengali friend, so my deficiency in Bengali humor is somewhat understandable, no?

kee farak painda ?

what difference does it make - nada!

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comma ci, comma ca

dammit - that was brilliant

:brishti

kevin_Bkk · Sep 21st, 2009, 23:25

Trying to book India trains, I see some trains are listed as running 'all day'. I thought, "Havens! Don't they ever stop?" But I realised later that they mean that they run every day

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Sep 20th, 2009, 23:31	#646
Eastern Mind Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 431	DD: That is funny. Good thing I'm not still teaching because I'd be laughing to myself at the front of the class during my introduction to capitalisation spin. The kids would be saying, "Mr. M., why are you laughing?" and of course I couldn't tell them. Maybe the grade 9s or high school, if you dared. But some righteous parent would be on the phone. A colleague, while trying to yell at the boys at the back of the room to "Stop jacking around!" slipped up and yelled, "Stop jacking off!" instead.

Sep 21st, 2009, 23:25	#649
kevin_Bkk Retired Irish traveler from Bangkok Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 45	Trying to book India trains, I see some trains are listed as running 'all day'. I thought, "Havens! Don't they ever stop?" But I realised later that they mean that they run every day