Wednesday, 1 July 2020

Hinglish as she is spoke

Hinglish as she is spoke

The other day our Home Minister was giving an intrview in a TV Channel on the steps he has initited in Delhi to bring Covid 19 under control. The anchor asked "Can any body go to any hospital in Delhi to get the Crona TEST done?". The Minister said" Yes anybody can TASTE."
Likewise online orders and payments are OWNLINE and  when some
 News readers in TV Channels say a notoarious thief has been  RESTED , dont jump into thinking that he has ben given well desrved rest for all his nocturnal labours but jost only  ARRESTED.
Another pitfall for many is the cofusion between INCIDENTS and INCIDENCES so much so that when the news of INCIDENCES of police highhandedness is read what is meant are INCIDENTS
In Panjab , the first syllable is usually contracted when speaking in any language.  As a result MARUTHI  becomes  MRUTHI ,  KAROL BAGH as ROLBAGH and KAILASH  as KLASH.  A LAWYER  is a LIER. as many would say. It is Coronoa Virus these days and  LOCK DOWN is LOK DOWN , perhaps aptly since people (LOK) are indeed down in spirit

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