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My funny experience in CalcuttaBY: chitracs | Category: Others | Post Date: 2008-10-28
When my husband got transferred from Chennai to Calcutta, I also moved with him to Calcutta with my little son aged one. We have not moved out of Tamil Nadu state so far. We know a few words in Hindi. That is all our experience in North India. The house owner's surname was Bisi. He welcomed us saying,- Having come to our house, you will also become Bisi(busy)-. The next job for me is to hunt for a servant maid. The house owner helped me to get that job done. The servant maid did not know any other language other than Bengali. I used to talk to her in sign language only. Showing some things and making some actions, I will get the work done. While doing shopping, I used to take sample of ingredients and show it to the shop owners and made purchase of items. Then, I plunged into action. I purchased a book titled -Learn Bengali in 30 days through Tamil-. One of my Tamilian friend there taught me some words and common dialogues in Bengali, which I transcribed in Tamil and noted in a dairy. Having memorized these, at the market, very casually I would begin my conversation in Bengali. The shop keeper would be thinking that I know Bengali very well. But, after 2 sentences, I would get struck up, as I could not follow the conversation. Immediately, I would make note of new words in my dairy and return to my friend for clarification. Like that, I was able to speak well in Bengali fluently within 3 months. One day, I was watching the pouring of rain through window. As the rain was heavy, there was flood. My Bengali friend entered and questioned me, -Have you got a boat?-. I was astonished. I started imagining that purchase of boat is essential for living in Calcutta. She again asked me,- I asked you whether you have got franchise for voting as the election is fast approaching-. She clarified and I got relieved. The Bengalis pronounce English words starting with -v- sound, as -b- and so -vote- has been transformed as -boat-. One day I could not control my laughter when one person told me -B- for -Bictory-, for the usual word -V- for -Victory-. In sweet shop while purchasing sweets, one of our Tamilian friend very enthusiastically started speaking in Bengali. He said, -Give me 1 kg of bhishti-. The shop owner and others started laughing. Instead of asking for sweet(mishti), he asked for rain(bhishti). Similarly in my husband's office when somebody enquired a Tamilian friend,-beeyae hoyegache-, he answered, -M.A. hoyegache-. Beeyae means marriage. The person asked, -Have you got married?-, for which he answered,- I finished M.A.- thinking that he was asking about his B.A. degree. Some of my Tamilian friends would scold in Tamil, if anybody scolds them in Bengali. Both of them know very well that the other person is scolding and they don't know what is he scolding about? Really these small funny things are enjoyable. After living in Calcutta, I cried a lot when I had to return to Chennai. That was a golden period in my life that I will never forget. I used to think about the innocent way we dealt everything there and nobody misused it. Everybody was helpful and kind. The funny experience at Calcutta will last in my memory forever. Article Source: http://www.saching.com About Author / Additional Info: I am a freelance writer writing articles, short stories, poems and tips for magazines and many of my works are published in magazines. I am getting appreciation from known and unknown people also. From my schooldays, I have got the passion in reading and writing. I have won many prizes while studying in school and college. I want to improve my writing talent. Hence, I wish to submit articles through this website. I get appreciation daily from many people on seeing my articles in this website. Additional Articles: * Evolutionary appetite * Bedwetting: Causes, treatment and prevention * What to do when you have fleas in your house because of pets * Computer Support Keeps OS from Pesky Programs * Move out of comfort zone. Life means more than living and existing Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (2 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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