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| NepaliChora |
Posted
on 08-Jan-03 05:51 PM
(received this from a friend no author name provided)
Lets face it English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don‘t fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn‘t the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn‘t the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day
And as cold as hell on another
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn‘t a race at all)
That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this poem
It ends.
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| suva chintak |
Posted
on 08-Jan-03 06:15 PM
Nepali Chora,
Saari majja ayo. Angrezi lai ni mata tumeba pita tumeba thanne Gorkhey haru ko ali kati ankha kholedincha ke? Bhasa ta bebahar matra ta ho ni.
jai hos!
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| Vision |
Posted
on 08-Jan-03 06:37 PM
Haha ..Nepalichora Ji...true true..
How about I share something from my inbox? First english...now let's ridicule America, shall we?
ONLY IN AMERICA
can a pizza get to your house faster than ambulance
ONLY IN AMERICA
are there handicapped parking spaces in front of skating rink
ONLY IN AMERICA
do people order double cheese burgers, large fries and then a diet coke
ONLY IN AMERICA
do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counter
ONLY IN AMERICA
do we buy hot dogs in packages of 10 and then buns in packs of 8 (the canadians have discovered the DOZEN!)
ONLY IN AMERICA
do we use answering machine to screen calls and then have call waiting so we don't miss a call from someone we did't want to talk to in the first place
ONLY IN AMERICA
do they have drive up ATM machines in Braille lettering
Uhh may be its' not that funny...
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| NepaliChora |
Posted
on 08-Jan-03 07:05 PM
Visionji,
That IS funny :-)
Subha chintakji,
I am glad that you like it. I will try to post some of the funny jokes later.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 08-Jan-03 07:17 PM
Nice Nepali Chora!!!
English is a crook's language, it breaks every rule it has!!!!
So, look at all of us.... sajhaite crooks!!!
:P
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| DWI |
Posted
on 08-Jan-03 07:31 PM
All fun aside, we really have to appreciate the constuction of Devnagari and Sansrkit language. Once written, you cannot have a different way of pronouncing that word, where as the English, French or similar languages have rule-breaking weird way of pronouncing. No wonder we don't have any spelling bee contest or verbal SAT, nothing is confusing except for the 'raswo' and 'dirgha' part.
Most of our words are derivative of other basic set of words and names do have meaning. It would be easier for a computer to learn our language than mastering english. But the irony is, the complexity of the language is the enticing part of it. People struggle to master it that's where the fun is. However, for me my own language is the superior one.Only thing is I cannot type that in this freaking keyboard.
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| noname |
Posted
on 08-Jan-03 07:41 PM
And these 'english' people are KHOLO TARYO LAURO BIRSYO too.
HAMRO KHOPI KHELDA KO DHOOS, they turned it 'duce' and after our ANAKANTAR (a remote place), they named Antarctia but still they do not recognize these facts officially. :)
Nepali Chhora and vision, well said! DWI, 'I guess that's the spirit' !
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| Vision |
Posted
on 08-Jan-03 08:22 PM
Anakantar=Antartika..HAHAHAHAH
Noname ji, I always thought there is some relation....
Very funny hajur (damn Sitara)
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| mirador |
Posted
on 09-Jan-03 12:51 AM
'pukka' is another word that means the same in Nepali and in English.
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| Suna |
Posted
on 09-Jan-03 07:46 AM
how about bazaar or bazar as we say it?
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| khaja biscuit |
Posted
on 09-Jan-03 07:50 AM
Nepali we speak is a bastard language. Khas Kura of Western Nepal is as real as it gets.
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| Himalayas |
Posted
on 09-Jan-03 08:30 AM
This is truth.
I met one native-Australian guy. We were talking about Australia and Nepal etc...
I told him that I have never seen a Kangaroo.
He asked me " Do you want to know what does it mean in our language? "
I saie "Yes"
He said " It means I don't know, When English invaded Australia and when they saw this creature, they asked the native Aussie in which they replied "Kangaroo" because they did not know the name of that creature. Now everybody calls it Kangaroo." He was laughing....
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