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
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
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>>>> .
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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