Terminiology typical to Bihar which outsiders find confusing
When someone says he has gone for Marketing they mean he has gone for Shopping
Baadaam means peanut and not Almond as they shorten the word chiniaa baadaam to baadaam
Underwear is a euphamised Bra
Meat means mutton or goat's flesh
When someone says "there is no Light" they mean there is no power supply
This one is not even corrected in school- Copy- which means notebook
Pronunciation goof ups
The r is not silent in Iron
Is-too means Stew
Any Additions to the list? Probably someone can do a similar one for their home town!
NB- I am a proud Bihari!
lol..
ReplyDeleteWe share the light & copy thing:-)
Gosh those were damn phunny I say!
ReplyDeleteI'm a proud Bihari too!I've spent more time in Bihar/Jharkhand than Tamilnadu.A well done job!!
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Very funny collection.
ReplyDeleteThat 'badam' thing is really funny. Next time somebody offes me peanuts and calls them 'badam' I won't question their sanity :)
Though not a bihari, I have several friends from there.
ReplyDeleteSample this- Bermuda shorts is called POOGLA PIANT in Bihar.
Funny?
ahaa ke bihaar me rahli haa kaa?? humra janam bihaare me huaa hai...aap humko saayad nahee chinhe honge ki hummu bihaari hai..gupchhup,tirangaa gutkha,scootive engineer are all bihar's gift to the sane world...and a cinema theater they would call "hall" or "taaakiz"...
ReplyDeletecontrol freak- ha ha... even I had noticed itoutsider- thanks IS is not infy- i guess all IS departments are same
ReplyDeletemom of 2- u also from bihar/ UP??
has to be, grandma, TDNa- thanks- good u enjoyed it
kulpreet - welcome.i did not know that
cardamom- haal/ taakiz- yes i missed that!!
"Jip" instead of zip- in fact all z are j
ReplyDeletelike n chennai- p & b get interchanged -
boori choley and Gopi manchurian
as CHAT )
Well...I will not say allBIharis are like that..ma flatmate is a Bihari..she does not speak like that...
ReplyDeleteBut yes, when one says Marketing, since I too have done ma MBA, the first thing that comes to mind is Philip Kotler and not Shopping!
i love laloo's lingo :P
ReplyDeleteWe ahve a teammate who imitates Laloo excatly... It is too funny !!
ReplyDeleteI always try to imitate Laloo.. shud try to practise more
nameste,
ReplyDeletehow can you miss-
'mercury -light'[tube light],
'attaichi'is suitcase,
'boring'is [tube well],
'arodram'is airport,
any conspiracy is 'politics',
'routine'is time-table in schools ,
all foreign land is 'england-america'[with 12hr time zone difference],
'mota-moti'is approx.,
'battery'is torch,
'lemonchoos'is choclate
'pankha'is fan,
'anda'is egg
'later'is letter
'item 'is peaces
'durjen'is dozen
'taar'is telegram also wire
'panni'is plastic
'expire'is death
'milatery'is army
any place you get food out of house is a 'hotel'[includes all type of places as canteen,tea shop,dhaba,motel etc.]
'hi-class'and 'top-class'is best
best is always best and sign board is always sign board
'footpath'is 'footpath'
'pistaul'is pistol and 'raffel'is rifle...lol.
'langot'is underwear
'langotia'is friend
'kanth'is throat...lol.
i have many out of my twenty five years in village life.
i will end by saying-'teen kosh me paani badle chaar kosh me vaani'...
'angrezi'is important.
cheers,bihar jindabaad.
jhaji.
[a proud bihari now and always]
PS-loved going back to memory lane,very nostalgic....
thank you.
HAPPY DIPAVALI and CHCHATH.
art- actually chain (pronounced as pan) means zip too.
ReplyDeleteneha- well once I realised these were not the right terms, I am also not like that! welcome..
vibhor- thanks- long time no see
inder - me too
vin- great ice breaker- mimicry talent
sanjay- welcome- thanks for extending the list
appu- biharis are also like malus- they crop up in most places
good one!!
ReplyDeleteCopy and lights...common here too...
I love these regional peculiarities in language.
ReplyDeleteIron rhymes with siren in Bangalore too.
And i loved that one about "marketing". That is really colourful. I love my India!
me too!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Sanjay for the hilarious list. Made me nostalgic!
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