Sunday, November 22, 2009

Words. Help

In office I interact with Americans and Spanish guys.

Its not easy to understand them. No don't get me wrong. They are not being sarcastic. Its not there accent. Its not there pronunciation. But its there watchamacallit. exactly.

All these new words "not in English dictionary' throws me off guard. But since I am fortunate to have lovely colleagues. They help me out. So I thought let me make a list of all of them and I will frequently update it.

1) watchamacallit - What should I call it(chuckle chuckle).
2) Dang - Bang or Bingo.
3) Humor me - no no don't tell them a joke. It might mean. tell me or Show it to me. Well to tell it in a context. I had a problem with lotus notes. Well it was not launching. I called up this tech support guy and he said lets switch on a net meeting and you can humor me huh!!!!.
4)my husband's fav- Are you done with your food? " No, am working on it". No they are not building a pyramid out of their food.
5) My personal favorite- Bajesus. Well Catholics are not to take Jesus's name out without using a prefix. So they call him BA Jesus.
6)Run by me - No no Keep aside those sneakers.. He means..Can you tell it to me.
7)Father-in-law's fav- Do you want some more curd? No am good. If you eat curd you wont become bad? ahmmm y did he say that? Question mark Question mark.
8)Its all BS - Bull Shit hehehe.


Spanish.

1) Asta manyana - See you tomorrow.
2) Dois Dois - nothing to do with our Dosa's.. Means god god.
3) Buenos Dias - Good Morning.
4) Buenos Noches - Good Night.
5) Buenos tardes - Good Afternoon.
6) Oso - Bear.
7) Casa - House.
8) Como Estas? - Mui Bien. How are you? - AM fine.

Rest in next.

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