by liz scully | Mar 3, 2013 | English usage, Grammar, Signs
I was deeply confused by this sign when I first saw it. And having walked past it many times, I was still confused. First off there’s the fact it’s full of abbreviations – which is very common in India. For some reason, people here really seem to...
by liz scully | Feb 27, 2013 | Cultural Differences, Driving, English usage, Grammar
This is part two of a two part post. In part one, I foolishly ask a taxi driver to drive down town and to collect a friend along the way. He is deeply unhappy about this turn of events and resists with the feeble ‘too much traffic, Madam’. Eventually I...
by liz scully | Feb 20, 2013 | Cultural Differences, Driving, English usage, Grammar
I knew it wasn’t going to be a great taxi ride when I sat down and it became clear the seat wasn’t actually attached to the main body of the car… at all. Still at least it allowed me to fish the end bit where you attach the seatbelt out of the seat well. Those...
by liz scully | Jan 13, 2013 | English usage, Fear of electricity, Food, Grammar, India, Quirks, Signs
So this sign is on a little food stall I walk past sometimes. Here you can see it in it’s regular pitch, in front of a wedding hall. Just behind the cart, you can see the micro temple for blessing the happy couple. This was taken a month or so back when...
by liz scully | Jan 2, 2012 | Grammar, India
That’s it really – getting grey. I heard a lady at work say one of animated characters was looking a little old and was ‘getting grey’ – not ‘going grey’, getting. And there we have once again, the difference in verb tense. Or perhaps there’s more of an achievement in...
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