indianisms!!

i was introduced to, for want of a better word, indianisms, by my sophisticated & articulate husband, an indian who has lived most of  his life in australia.  i must confess that i have used (cringe!) a couple of them!! 

here goes.......................

cope up!
seriously?? cope up!!  "how am i going to cope up with the heat?"     again, seriously??!?
u never, or rather cannot cope up or down for that matter!!

u just, well, cope!!!


off the light/close the fan/on the geyser/close the TV
whaaaat?  u gotta be kidding me!!  sure, some electric appliances - washing machine, microwave, mixi, oven, yeah they 'close' cos they have doors or lids!!

hang on.... they are turned on and off!


stay versus live
how often have we heard, something like, i stay in delhi, or when i moved to madras i stayed close to besant nagar?  

wtf?????????????  u sure? 

stay is for a short period of time, as in a hotel stay, or stayed with friends while on holiday!

live is where your permanent residence...living in bangalore, got it????  duh!!

alphabets
what is the first thing we learn in school? ABC... and, what are they called? WHAT???

alphabets, u say? wrong answer!! they are - wait for it, horror of horrors,   -  LETTERS!!!  unbelievable?!  believe it!! (this is not an advert for "ripleys believe it or not!!")

letters A to Z form the english alphabet.

so next time, no alphabets (sigh!), only letters.



these are some indianisms my impeccably english speaking husband brought to my attention!!  and i hope, i've done him justice!!!

incidentally, hubby dear is as indian as they come....it's his love for the english language (and me!) which prompted me to share this with you!! 

next time, we're gonna do 'bad newsreader and RJ (radio jockey) and miscellaneous others' bad diction.  u up for it???????