Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Telangana

 What change do you see after creation of Telangana state?

Q: How many states India has?
A: 28 29

What We Write and What We Mean in an Email

What we Write : Please do the needful
What we mean : I don't want to work in this anymore. Do whatever you want


What we Write : Please revert ASAP (at the end of email)
What we mean : I am in absolute trouble

What we Write : Please let us know in case of concerns
What we mean : I don't know how to finish this email

What we Write : One liner email with no signature
What we mean : I am the boss and I just removed my automatically added signature

What we Write :  Please keep us posted
What we mean :  We will keep bugging you for few more days

What we Write :  + someone
What we mean :  this is not my headache

What we Write :  makes sense
What we mean :  I still don't agree but I don't have points to defend

What we Write : Please give us more details on this (without reading much)
What we mean : I want to delay it for one more day




Things to note for Indians in USA

- When you are in "line" call it line (where is the line?, are you in line?) and not queue

- When you want to go upstairs, look for "elevator" and not lift

- Washroom/restroom are toilets/loo

- The storage in car is "trunk" here and not "dicky"

- When you want to erase what you wrote using a pencil, call it "eraser" and not "rubber". Sometimes they call condom a rubber ;-)

- You usually don't "shift" from one neighborhood (yes, not area) to another, you "move"

- Filling a form, you "check" the check-boxes and not "tick"

- giving a check for 34.23 dollars, you write "thirty four 23/100" instead of "thirty four dollars twenty three cents"

- "Flight Attendant" is better to use instead of "Air Hostess"

- Men have "wallets", women have "purses"