i think he was in C class in VIII. He was a slightly plumpish guy with round eyes, he had come from USA...seem to have a slight american accent.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:01 PM, indu iyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey who is this Rajee teacher re? Wow! My memory is giving up on me > already!! > > Speaking of "boo baani" pronounciations and accents reminds me of this cute > boy in our class in the 9th standard (9 A) who was new to our school that > year..that was his first and last year in VV, he was a lefty which was not > very common at that time to me, so all the more attractive :) Anyway, > Vasantha Eshwar was our class teacher that year, and whenever she took the > attendance and his name came up, we used to hear it as "Kapte", which made > no sense..we used to really concentrate to listen to what this new boy's > name was..but for a few mths we actually thought his name was Kapte..then > found out - from HV I think - that his name was Kartik :P and henceforth he > became known as "Kapte Kartik" among a few of us..unfortunately he did'nt > continue in our school after that 1 year.. > > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Jaya Satish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That was Rajee Teacher >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Vinayak y <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Wed, February 10, 2010 12:02:52 AM >> *Subject:* Re: nice way to combat common english mistakes :) >> >> Hey Everyone... >> >> Just thought of sharing one of my memories related to pronounciations, >> especially since we were in Telugu-Tamil dominated teacher school(pls no >> offence here)..we had this craft teacher in 7th std i believe(can't >> recollect her name)..she used to teach us Book Binding and she used to >> pronounce it as or rather I used to hear it as "Boo..Baani", beleive me for >> 2-3 months I was thinking it as boobaani !!! >> >> Cheers >> Vinayak >> >> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Archana Sharma < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Nayan Mapani <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Arch- >>>> Very interesting attachment, well after going through the same I think >>>> that i always knew them all but surely I must be making a lot of mistakes >>>> while writing. I do not check what I write since I do not think it matters >>>> so much since it is informal. But it would be really interesting to know >>>> from you what mistakes I commit regularly! >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* Archana Sharma <[email protected]> >>>> *To:* vaniv88-89 <[email protected]> >>>> *Sent:* Sat, 30 January, 2010 9:24:23 PM >>>> *Subject:* nice way to combat common english mistakes :) >>>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> We all make some or the other pet english mistakes. and now we will know >>>> that the world makes it too. And here is a link someone had posted on >>>> facebook to get rid of some of the mistakes we make. >>>> >>>> Though none of the mistakes mentioned here, i make...i do think once >>>> before writing weird. And occasion is not mentioned here...but i always get >>>> confused....is that ocassion? Oh Well. >>>> >>>> The most common mistake i have found in england is loose for lose (as in >>>> lost), and "it's" written even when they mean "its". You won't believe even >>>> my boss did that. >>>> >>>> another common mistake not mentioned here is writing her's for hers. >>>> >>>> Enjoy this link: And please share your own favourite mistake. I know >>>> Nayan's and guess what Nayan, it finds a mention in this website...but, i >>>> am >>>> afraid, not very kindly :( >>>> >>>> http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling >>>> >>>> >>>> Archana >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! >>>> Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >
