Saturday, June 19, 2010

Unintentional hilarity

I've been following Sue's Red Marker Blogathon with great interest, and especially enjoy reading the comments. A lot of the common errors one sees have been covered, so I have little to contribute.

Among the many 'englishes' we encounter, though, the errors made by working class people who have just a smattering of the language, are often rather endearing.

The SRE's caddy sends him an SMS one morning, saying ' Call me at this nambar.'

A long ago employee had to take her daughter for a Hex-ra ( an X-ray).

According to my driver, the substitute car has many 'poblem.'

And last, but most definitely not the least, I had the plumber in last week, and among other items on his bill, this one stood out: 'Shit cover.'

Could anything be possibly more appropriate for a toilet seat?
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16 comments:

  1. SueJune 19, 2010 at 5:36 PM

    Shit cover? Fantastic. Even better than "Bill to the Chief Engineer's backside" (Gerald Durrrell).

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  2. The Soul of Alec SmartJune 19, 2010 at 6:16 PM

    Bwwahahaha! This is clearly my fave RMB post.

    And my personal fave is Hex-ra. Just simply amazing.

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  3. ParulJune 19, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    The Gold Medal for Sue's RMB should definitely go to this post. Altogether brilliant!

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  4. starry eyedJune 19, 2010 at 8:14 PM

    ROTFL at shit cover.

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  5. AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 8:37 PM

    ROFL :) I agree these errors are endearing and the last one is really, really apt :)

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  6. ArundhatiJune 19, 2010 at 10:56 PM

    LOL at shit cover

    Fab post :)

    An SMS i was sent - my madar in law is seeryas

    I also like the 'punchar shop' boards

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  7. radhaJune 19, 2010 at 10:56 PM

    That was truly amusing.

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  8. AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 11:36 PM

    Shit cover! :D I have also heard people saying - "it's a very riksy thing to do!" :D

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  9. UnknownJune 19, 2010 at 11:58 PM

    Truly alarming - the SRE's caddy and Shit cover is wonderful ! My Ma had a general factotum who got a "Hema " mobike for his wedding from the in - laws ( Yamaha ,of course !

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  10. BannoJune 21, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    :) I like 'nambar' too.

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  11. ChinkurliJune 21, 2010 at 11:25 AM

    Shit cover is just brilliant! And talking about numbars...someone I know used to say "gero".

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  12. the mad mommaJune 22, 2010 at 6:53 PM

    my cook calls the oven a havan!

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  13. zephyrJune 23, 2010 at 1:43 PM

    Shit cover? We should applaud him for coming up with such an apt term, shouldn't we?:D

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  14. newmumontheblockJune 24, 2010 at 10:40 AM

    LOL, shit cover is hilarious! Almost every single auto wala I've come across refers to signal as single :)

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  15. AnonymousJune 26, 2010 at 9:30 PM

    lol.... a LOT of ppl in bbay call a station a "tation"... i am still to figure out why!! but of course, tation is not as funny as the eg.s you have put down!

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  16. SorcererJune 29, 2010 at 2:53 PM

    haha..this post made me laugh out loud.
    good one!

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