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I am a bunkabab – and proud of it
Yes, I pronounce ‘Cowasjee’ as ‘Cowaaaaasjee.’ Sometimes I say ‘angrezi’ instead of English and call the letter H - ‘ech.’ Most of the time I find it difficult to understand the meanings of words that...
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Are you an SMS junkie?
As I look around, I see everyone firing away at the keys of their mobile phones at supersonic speed. It’s unnerving, and sometimes I feel that we really have been invaded by these miniscule hand-held...
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Verifying news: To inform or to misinform
The human race has always carried with it a tendency to be privy to information on endless lists of mundane topics. Whether the information, in the past, was about the latest sacrifice being performed...
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10 terms desis on the internet need to stop using
1.Dis/Dat/Dere: Every time I see a “dis”, a “dat”, or a “dere”, I can hear a Pakistani English language teacher crying softly somewhere. Here is a hint: try using those words with a “th” instead of a...
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The devil of miscommunication
You’re talking to your best friend and despite the fact that he’s taking out the time to be with you, he’s constantly alert when that familiar red light blinks on his smartphone. You get annoyed and...
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Blind date
December 20, 2011. Beep, beep, beep. Sameen took a deep breath and flipped open her cell phone. “Blue jeans, grey t-shirt.” The car stopped in traffic. Sameen began tapping her foot impatiently. There...
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Twitter, Facebook and Rap music are “klling da English lang”!
“LOL, LMFAO, Congo, TTYL” For those of us born before the 80s, this would probably seem like an alien language or could lead to the assumption that the sender of the message has gone nuts. Prepare...
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