This is my grand nephew Vedesh. He towers over me by at least half a foot and can easily beat me into pulp if it ever came to that. When I next visit Chennai again, I shall take a photograph with him to show my readers how larger than life he really is.
Two days ago, he posted this on his facebook page.
Since over a thousand kilometers separate the two of us I decided to tease him a bit and since I could not resist the temptation to respond we exchanged views as under. Please click on the image to get an enlarged version.
As a grand uncle, I think that it is my duty to enlighten Vedesh about matters of great import. Particularly since his best friend Suman and I had this exchange again on facebook. I have no doubts whatsoever that Vedesh must have told Suman about my antecedents.
Bong in that exchange means Bengali. Suman is a Bengali and finds it fascinating that a Bengali had condescended to marry me. Grihasta is another word that needs explanation which can be had here.
So, as part of their education, without further ado, I shall take them to a remarkable piece of writing on the world’s most popular four letter word which can be read here.
I shall now await reactions from these two young people who brighten up my existence by just being around for me.
No mother, father or valentine? Saves a lot of cards. 🙂
That it does BHB! That it does.
For me it would have been more effective if the last line was “So just shut up.” Or “So just suck it up.”
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“Suck it up”, Jean, sounds disgusting. From every angle.
I am fond of the f word. I don’t use it often but when I do it’s like an exclamation mark. It has a purpose. Makes an impact. You don’t even need to raise your voice.
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Fuck sounds okay to me. We watch a lot of movies & it’s used constantly in the last 20 years. Jean doesn’t see modern movies so she’s not used to that.
All the young people around me use it in normal conversation and I am old fashioned enough to find it jarring.
Although it is very commonly used over here, I still find it jarring to hear it used in ordinary conversation.
“MC” and “BC”, the Indian colloquial equivalents somehow seem more comfortable to use
Yes, a long time ago I used to be quite comfortable using them, but somehow I think I just outgrew that phase.
WoW – and LOL
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Exactly my reaction too.
Useful mentoring for a perceptive young man
http://www.omg-facts.com/History/Fucking-is-the-name-of-a-town-in-Austri/14238
Shanker, you have got to meet this lad and his friend. They warmed up my afternoon like nothing did in Chennai for me.
Send them to Sainikpuri Secunderabad
Right now they are busy studying and chasing girls. Once they are on vacation time, I will.
” Suman is a Bengali and finds it fascinating that a Bengali had condescended to marry me.” That is the bizarre fetish of the unhelpful type of bong, no?
You have got to see his other comments that came on subsequently! He is a remarkable young man.
I had read other articles about the history of the word and knew it went way back. But I’m not opposed to the fuck-word. I am, however, opposed to silly euphemisms for it like “fudge” and “f-bomb.”
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I am not opposed to it SAW, I just find it jarring when used in normal conversation where it is not necessary.
Old, but unparalleled. And relevant here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D7rWLzloOI
I have blogged about it earlier and so did not re-use it here. Vedesh got to see and hear it from the fb post.