Well..with no offense to any soul and 'mind'..this note is about my observations in Delhi.
To start with,just for info..Delhi is (Pre) dominantly Punjabi (now that is some gyaan).
I had a filmy surrounding of neighbors back home(Muzaffarpur).I had Marwaris,Punjabis,Bengalis,Sunnis as my prominent neighbors apart from others.So I picked up quite a good words and mannerisms from all around(you see I was a keen observer since my bachpan:-))..
And there was this one Punjabi family who were very close to us and Ma would have padosi bahus all the time in vicinity without marrying her real sons.It was literally-the doors were always open to each other(obviously not the main gate of my house and please don't bother about the no .of doors ;-p)
And things changed(read perception) for all the language i claimed to know.Delhi was different..
Now I am going to point the 'twangs' ,I came across:
1.I entered a bus for the first time in Delhi and I heard an aunty asking the DTC conductor for a ticket.The conductor asked her to give change but she said-'Mere pas so (sau) rupain (rupye) hain.'I understood that sound 'a' would be 'ae' and 'o' would be 'au' for most of the words.
2.I asked for Pepsi one fine day(not fine but very hot) and suddenly saw a beautiful kudi also walking by and asking for 'Paepsi'..I got my second learning.
3.In Bihar generally everything will be spoken of as pu-ling(masculine gender),like-Bus aa gaya..
but in Delhi the lady rules(atleast for me)..saw some people using stri-ling(feminine gender) for water-pani thandi pilana(I must say these wrongs were mostly done by the confused lot,one of my friends and a lady from MP were the culprits).This mistake,I attribute to the Delhi 'twang' syndrome.
4.I had to meet a person of my knowledge for some work long time back.He asked me to join him at one of his acquaintances' place .This person whom I was to meet was also a good astrologer.I met him at the decided place and the bhai sahab and babhi ji(the acquaintances) were very warm and welcomed me.Suddenly I was part of their conversation and what I heard was unforgettable,it was legendary usage/coining of a word.The lady was talking about her problems and said-''Main aajkal ki 'ladiyon' (ladies) ki tarah nahi hun.Main respect karna janti hun..(i cant remember the full talk-but this 'ladiyon' was legend of sorts);p..
5.Was watching 'Oye lucky,lucky ye' in a theatre near my house,there was one scene in which Abhay Deol goes to the heroine's place and finds her elder sister only.The elder sister tries to seduce him with a sentence-''Main tere ko ' hot' (as in b'o'th) nahi lagti..it was a show of 10.45pm and believe my my whole row was disturbed when i fell off my chair laughing.
6.There is friend of mine(a lady)..she will try to pick slightest of pronunciation problems when you speak English..and in her jest to sound like a.....(you yourself fill in the blanks) she often ends up doing something bizarre..(Some them are hilarious)..But the moment she speaks Hindi,the 'twang' syndrome takes over.She would ask- 'Ore' ( aur) kya haal chaal hai?..'ore' batao..so(sau) baar bola unko..and like that..
7.There was one of the clients with whom I was on an informal meet recently.We went to Karim's for an evening snack when i was at his office in Noida.After the food,he just told-'This is the 'baest' (best) kabab,jo abhi tak khaya hai'..
And the 'twangs' continues to catch my attention..May be next time when I get some more anecdotes.
To start with,just for info..Delhi is (Pre) dominantly Punjabi (now that is some gyaan).
I had a filmy surrounding of neighbors back home(Muzaffarpur).I had Marwaris,Punjabis,Bengalis,Sunnis as my prominent neighbors apart from others.So I picked up quite a good words and mannerisms from all around(you see I was a keen observer since my bachpan:-))..
And there was this one Punjabi family who were very close to us and Ma would have padosi bahus all the time in vicinity without marrying her real sons.It was literally-the doors were always open to each other(obviously not the main gate of my house and please don't bother about the no .of doors ;-p)
And things changed(read perception) for all the language i claimed to know.Delhi was different..
Now I am going to point the 'twangs' ,I came across:
1.I entered a bus for the first time in Delhi and I heard an aunty asking the DTC conductor for a ticket.The conductor asked her to give change but she said-'Mere pas so (sau) rupain (rupye) hain.'I understood that sound 'a' would be 'ae' and 'o' would be 'au' for most of the words.
2.I asked for Pepsi one fine day(not fine but very hot) and suddenly saw a beautiful kudi also walking by and asking for 'Paepsi'..I got my second learning.
3.In Bihar generally everything will be spoken of as pu-ling(masculine gender),like-Bus aa gaya..
but in Delhi the lady rules(atleast for me)..saw some people using stri-ling(feminine gender) for water-pani thandi pilana(I must say these wrongs were mostly done by the confused lot,one of my friends and a lady from MP were the culprits).This mistake,I attribute to the Delhi 'twang' syndrome.
4.I had to meet a person of my knowledge for some work long time back.He asked me to join him at one of his acquaintances' place .This person whom I was to meet was also a good astrologer.I met him at the decided place and the bhai sahab and babhi ji(the acquaintances) were very warm and welcomed me.Suddenly I was part of their conversation and what I heard was unforgettable,it was legendary usage/coining of a word.The lady was talking about her problems and said-''Main aajkal ki 'ladiyon' (ladies) ki tarah nahi hun.Main respect karna janti hun..(i cant remember the full talk-but this 'ladiyon' was legend of sorts);p..
5.Was watching 'Oye lucky,lucky ye' in a theatre near my house,there was one scene in which Abhay Deol goes to the heroine's place and finds her elder sister only.The elder sister tries to seduce him with a sentence-''Main tere ko ' hot' (as in b'o'th) nahi lagti..it was a show of 10.45pm and believe my my whole row was disturbed when i fell off my chair laughing.
6.There is friend of mine(a lady)..she will try to pick slightest of pronunciation problems when you speak English..and in her jest to sound like a.....(you yourself fill in the blanks) she often ends up doing something bizarre..(Some them are hilarious)..But the moment she speaks Hindi,the 'twang' syndrome takes over.She would ask- 'Ore' ( aur) kya haal chaal hai?..'ore' batao..so(sau) baar bola unko..and like that..
7.There was one of the clients with whom I was on an informal meet recently.We went to Karim's for an evening snack when i was at his office in Noida.After the food,he just told-'This is the 'baest' (best) kabab,jo abhi tak khaya hai'..
And the 'twangs' continues to catch my attention..May be next time when I get some more anecdotes.
