have you ever realized how interesting the worlds of languages is..... what someone considers a really nice word, the other person would consider an abuse literally.....well in this part of the world for example(India).....a tamilian would ask you terio ma?(read it sounds like teri ma) to mean do you know? a Hindi speaking person on the other hand would ask, the same Teri ma?.. to mean ... your mother?....see the potential for a fight?....
well this is one of those areas that really scares me... i had a bad experience once with my Indian friends.. sung a song for my friends.(its a song in hindi)..Ye dosti hum nahi...... but instead of saying leave it alone or as it is(chordenge), i said(chodenge)forgive me.. i can't translate this.... just know thats one of the days i thanked God for my black skin..... i could not turn red!.....lol...anyway..walk the world and hear people speak their languages.. just ensure you keep your hands to yourself... else you'll go about beating up people, or end up being beaten instead....!this world of languages is an amazing world... a real reason why you need to learn at least more than one....see you on the other side!
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:D Very true...the hello word in Fiji (Bulla) means the male organ in Tamil :D and then there is a long list...a li'l wrong pronuounciation of "Macho" can translate into a curse word :D...will tell more as i remember
ReplyDeleteit is soo true.....sona in hindi means a very filthy word in fijian....
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