kaisa laga incident...or was it not clear? kumudam teacher saying pucking for puking and Mahesh A rhyming pucking with the obvious...
I was showing off my memory too as it is dwindling. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Nayan Mapani <[email protected]> wrote: > Kiski baat kar rahi aap ke Memory ki ya aap ke comparison ki? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Archana Sharma <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, 5 February, 2010 5:28:02 AM > > *Subject:* Re: nice way to combat common english mistakes :) > > i remember kumudam teacher reading out a poem about a small baby -- and > reading-- mewing and puking --as pucking. A few seconds later, Mahesh A was > asked to get out. I now realise he must have rhymed pucking to her > annoyance. > > Kaisa laga? > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:13 PM, subramaniam sreenivasan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I do make a lot of spelling mistakes ... Thank god for spellcheck these >> days. I am sure if I make grammatical mistakes as well .. >> >> I remember this at school (probably 8th standard) when Amin Bulsari was >> asked to read from the english book and he read Rhinoceros as Rhino-Cors >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:56:26 +0000 >> Subject: Re: nice way to combat common english mistakes :) >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Hey Nayan, >> >> I hope you didn't think I was picking on you, did you? >> >> The idea was to bring and discuss people's favourite/pet mistake. Mine >> being the error in spelling "occasion" and many more. Since I already knew >> yours I mentioned that. And this was because it was discussed a while ago. >> >> Of course, it doesn't matter even if you make mistakes and even i am >> guilty of never reading what I write, until i hit the send button. And it is >> my profession!!! >> >> I had a childhood friend who was quite anal about spellings...question or >> contest him and he would immediately run to the dictionary and prove himself >> right. >> A many years ago, while in a gossip session, i said, "your illicit >> relationship..." and he laughed and said it is illict (pronounced as illikt) >> and not ill-is-it. He had never realised there is an i before the last >> letter. I protested quite confidently this time. >> >> And he again ran to the dictionary and was completely shocked to know that >> all the while when he was reading the cover pages of Stardust, filmfare >> and gossip fares, he just didn't notice the 'i'. >> >> This is what i meant by mistakes which may be silly but refuse to get >> shaken off. >> >> Long mail? Well i have to make up for the lullness off late in the group, >> nai? >> >> Arch >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it >> now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/> >> > > > ------------------------------ > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! > Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/> > . >
