Friday, November 14, 2008

American vocab...

"Hi, How are you?"
Any reply that goes beyond the 3 words "I am good" will be ignored outright...

"Wassup?"
No reply expected at all.

"Thank You"
Must be followed by a "you are welcome" within 2 seconds, or considered rude...

"Morning..."
Silent "good"...

"Beautiful weather..."
Any random passerby might offer that to you with a big smile under blue skies, bright sunlight and temperatures ranging around 70 F...

"Photocopier"
Your very own life-saver XEROX machine...

"Restroom"
Where one usually 'rests' on a toilet seat with a handy newspaper...

"Like"
Usually used as a 'period' or a 'comma' for long sentences
eg. I was 'like' what is she doing.. i mean 'like' she just had a breakfast...

"You know"
Where you are supposed to know, though you have no clue where the hell the discussion is going... Useful during interviews.

"Whatever"
Use when you are least interested...

"You are good"
Taken as a sign of well-being. Good to hear from an advisor or from your boss...

"Are you single?"
A comment from the opposite sex that is supposed to make your heart flutter...

"Yes"
An answer that means that you are a loser... Only applies to men over the age of 15...

"1st floor"
The damn 'ground' floor...

"Patio"
A 6X6 feet open airy/non-airy balcony space

"Microwave Oven"
A basic necessity

"Cheese"
The reason 90% of American beautiful women have thighs double your size...

"Extra cheese"
The reason 90% of Americans have weight double yours...

Okra = Lady's fingers
Peppers = Chillies
Tortillas = Maize chapatis
Eggplant = Brinjals
Broccoli = When cabbage and cauliflower cross-breed

Sidart = Siddharth

6 comments:

Jay Takle said...

:P
Advise from the GURU is it!

S.Wagh said...

huh?

Siddhesh said...

They call u "Sidart"??? Arey tyanna Sid tari bolayala sangayachas ;)

Unknown said...

gud one :P

Neel said...

nice u did quite a bit of research it seems for Maize chapatis....

*~*Pooja*~* said...

LMAO! going bananas over it! :)