Monday, 8 February 2010

Learning Alfabet The Punjaabi Way!

...............this arrived from my modern punjaabi friend Aneel Verman from his self-owned delightful seaside resort: Sur La Mer.<www.surlamergoa.com>
on Morjim Ashwen Rd, Morjim,Pernem,Goa
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Learning Alfabet The Punjaabi Way!
 A is for Aiscreame
 B is for Backside, and it has nothing to do with your butt. It is an instruction to go to the rear of a building, or block, or shop or whatever.
 C is for Caluoney and its not a process for replicating sheep, nor is its first name George. It is merely an area where people live e.g. 'Defence Caluoney'.
 D is for the proverbial 'Dangar da Puttar'
 E is for Expanditure, the spending of money
 F is for Fackade, and even though it sounds like a bad word it is actually just the front of a building
 G is for Gaddi, and the way a Punjabi can pilot his gaddi puts any F1 driver to shame.
 H is for 'Ho Jayega Ji', and the moment you hear that you have to be careful because you can be reasonably sure it's not going to happen.
 I is for Intzaar, and to know more about it see P.
 J is for Jutt, which every Punjabi seems to be..
 K is for Khanna, Khurana, etc, the Punjabi equivalent of the Joneses (e.g.'Keeping up with the Khuranas ji')
 L is for Loin, the king of the jungle
 M is for 'Mrooti', the car that an entire generation of Punjabis were in love with.
 N is for 'No Problem Ji.' To find out how that works see H.
 O is for Oye, which can be surprise (Oyye!), a greeting (Oyy!), anger (OYY!) or pain (Oy oy oy...).
 P is for Punj Mint, and no matter how near (1 km) or far(100 km) a Punjabi is from you he always says he'll reach you in punj mint (5 minutes...).
 Q is for Queue, a word completely untranslatable into Punjabi – does not exist in the culture.
 R is for Riks, and a Punjabi is always prepared to take one (risk), even if the odds are against him.
 S is for Sweetie, Sunny, Simmi and Sonu, who seem to own half the cars in Delhi .
 T is for the official bird of Punjab : Tandoori Chickun.
 U is for when you lose your sex appeal and become 'Uncul-ji'
 V is for VIP phone numbers @ Rs 15 lakh and counting.
 W is for Whan, as in 'Whan are you coming, ji?'
 X is for the many X-rated words that flow freely in Punjabi conversations.
 Y is for 'You nonsanse', when anger replaces vocabulary in a shouting match.
 Z is for Zindgi which every Punjabi knows how to live to the fullest.

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