tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post1794804831908257562..comments2023-09-15T15:39:40.360+05:30Comments on One From the Cuckoo's Nest: Symptoms of a foreign returnedCuckoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09593822080382578122noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-69405332809794071302009-12-25T05:30:14.243+05:302009-12-25T05:30:14.243+05:30You forgot about some desi stuff like looking for ...You forgot about some desi stuff like looking for a toilet paper in indian style toilets, not to wear pants when elder relatives are around (exclusively for Indian brides returning in a year or so on foreign soils - soooo like Shiv..na), my friends wait for Golgappa - of course.nmsphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742350377420962883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-81100378182203379292007-05-07T08:57:00.000+05:302007-05-07T08:57:00.000+05:30CatsMove,Glad to see you here again. :) Looks like...CatsMove,<BR/>Glad to see you here again. :) Looks like you gonna be a regular here.<BR/><BR/>Well, actually in whole of India except Mumbai(Bombay) "Candy" is called "toffee" which I think is apt b'coz as you rightly said chocolate IS a chocolate & nothing else. :)<BR/><BR/>But since I shifted to Mumbai, I saw this unusual language. Also, Mumbai has quite different Hindi.<BR/><BR/>Ha Ha.. there Cuckoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09593822080382578122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-69438421758729833062007-05-07T03:52:00.000+05:302007-05-07T03:52:00.000+05:30Loved this post. 'Course, I'm a Yank, but....Tell ...Loved this post. 'Course, I'm a Yank, but....<BR/>Tell me this is true: "say "Candy" instead of "Chocolate". <BR/>There is NO substitute for Chocolate. Absolutely none. No way. No how. <BR/>Candy is something else. These people who use this word must be found and denied their chocolate rations for at least two weeks. <BR/>Signed: Admitted Chocoholic.<BR/>BTW, I have always loved the Indian accentCatmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-32328921877911527322006-12-22T00:32:00.000+05:302006-12-22T00:32:00.000+05:30Hi All,
Yes, it is difficult to change in a day es...Hi All,<br />Yes, it is difficult to change in a day especially if someone is coming after a long period. But sometimes once we are home, we feel at home and tend to give up those habits fast. :)<br /><br />Sharda,<br />What happened? You are still not able to come as a blogger?Cuckoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09593822080382578122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-83751425354808605672006-12-21T22:47:00.000+05:302006-12-21T22:47:00.000+05:30Hey Cuckoo,sharda Here!
Nice list.I have seen many...Hey Cuckoo,sharda Here!<br />Nice list.I have seen many people doing all these ,but it sounds and feels so awkward.As the saying goes "when in rome live like romans".After stepping inside India these people have hard time transition from one culture to the other one.You know habit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-49929947315371157402006-12-04T11:56:00.000+05:302006-12-04T11:56:00.000+05:30I know someone who has now lived for more than 10 ...I know someone who has now lived for more than 10 years in the US and yet whenever he is walking around in a dirty street, I am the one who makes a fuss and he behaves as if it is a part of his everyday life. But then there have to be some exceptions!Mridulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899575209261241247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-36682360625646020132006-11-30T22:13:00.000+05:302006-11-30T22:13:00.000+05:30Dear Cuckoo who is not Cuckoo
Every comment on thi...Dear Cuckoo who is not Cuckoo<br />Every comment on this post including the hilarious post itself is so true and in a little while the entire post + comments are going to be sent to my wonderful son who spent his 7th Semester of IT abroad as well as a summer training abroad - and yes he did acquire that accent effortlessly like saying Maine for Man and Tom ae toes for tomatoes Ha Ha<br />And Deepak Menonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04834250416036618139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-67080635971579468702006-11-29T10:29:00.000+05:302006-11-29T10:29:00.000+05:30just hilarious..Explained the situation in a simpl...just hilarious..Explained the situation in a simple but clear manner..<br />yeah i've faced and facing those kind of symptomes...lolzzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-28115198522016765732006-11-29T04:41:00.000+05:302006-11-29T04:41:00.000+05:30im coming to india this dec as well n im sure i'll...im coming to india this dec as well n im sure i'll do some of those things as well BUT all by instinct and NOT deliberately :).Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219040249650831112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-78770090656975093562006-11-27T19:51:00.000+05:302006-11-27T19:51:00.000+05:30so i come back again :)
and i smile at this post ...so i come back again :)<br /><br />and i smile at this post :))<br /><br />see, how big it is!!!delhidreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613041484425960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-37162466428784801482006-11-27T13:39:00.000+05:302006-11-27T13:39:00.000+05:30Good observation...though I agree with Fleiger not...Good observation...though I agree with Fleiger not everybody is like that....! <br /><br />One of my friend who has lived all her life out...she speaks hindi and during her trip to India I taught her all the colloquial expressions...it was fun when she use to speak in OZ drawl...perfect hindi slang ..lol...!!Bendtherulzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00294182655659912538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-57366854647931377092006-11-27T08:31:00.000+05:302006-11-27T08:31:00.000+05:30LOL this is sooo true!
**Will try to complain ab...LOL this is sooo true!<br /><br /><br />**Will try to complain about any thing in India as if experiencing it for the first time.<br /><br /><br />hehe thats cos after living overseas for a long time, ur psyche gets used to certain things and then the old things from ur own country seem new :)<br /><br />Keshi.Keshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147250771662427208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-48150086984408824322006-11-27T07:10:00.000+05:302006-11-27T07:10:00.000+05:30Ahem, not everybody is like that.Ahem, not everybody is <a href="http://randamthots.blogspot.com/2006/05/status-report.html#Traveller">like that</a>.Ameyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252374817117509287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-82421825319630225202006-11-27T02:34:00.000+05:302006-11-27T02:34:00.000+05:30ah..all such phoren imports get into the groove so...ah..all such phoren imports get into the groove soon..however hard they try a desi is finally a desi..and flaunting looks so silly and makes a mockery of themselves.mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860741232962357228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-35104574403521516612006-11-26T21:27:00.000+05:302006-11-26T21:27:00.000+05:30Mayank,
Yeah, true. :))
MBA,
Good to know that yo...<b>Mayank,</b><br />Yeah, true. :))<br /><br /><b>MBA,</b><br />Good to know that you are not in that bracket. :))<br /><br /><i>they try to use the same accent while talking in Hindi..</i> LOLLL, you are absolutely right!! Those people are just a show-off types, having got the chance of their life to travel abroad.Cuckoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09593822080382578122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-58017725666498106342006-11-26T21:12:00.000+05:302006-11-26T21:12:00.000+05:30Thankfully, this doesn't happen to me even after 5...Thankfully, this doesn't happen to me even after 5 years of living in the US. The moment I'm in India, I turn my accent switch off as smoothly as I take to the left side driving. But I do know of some people who pick up and flaunt the accent even if they are there in the US for a couple of months. And what irritates me the most about these folks is that they try to use the same accent while So You Wanna Be An MBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339285386988822997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-81456187385033722422006-11-26T03:36:00.000+05:302006-11-26T03:36:00.000+05:30Sorry I was away on trip. Will read all your posts...Sorry I was away on trip. Will read all your posts and comment.<br /><br />There are so many others.<br />Like cell = mobile = gsm<br />dustbin = trash<br />They crib about the train conditions, crowd & timings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-57657896898199682022006-11-26T03:02:00.000+05:302006-11-26T03:02:00.000+05:30Sameer,
I think any person who returns from abroad...<b>Sameer,</b><br />I think any person who returns from abroad would do at least some of these. It’s very natural. <br />Hmmm about the desi abroad, I’ll have to recount my & my colleagues’ experiences to pen down. No worries, will try to do that as well. :)<br /><br /><b>Pyare Mohan,</b><br />Not aware of the third one, but yes, I miss Indian food as soon as I land on foreign land and start Cuckoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09593822080382578122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-33031602938386003902006-11-25T21:24:00.000+05:302006-11-25T21:24:00.000+05:30A few characteristics of desis who live abroad for...A few characteristics of desis who live abroad for a few years and return that I have noticed -<br />- Crib about how India is getting Americanised<br />- Will get bugged if someone wants to go to Subway or KFC, saying those places are looked down upon in USA<br />- Crib about how even kids in India have cellphones these days<br />- Cluck their tongues about girls streaking their hair<br /><br />Gauravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184877197493389897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-14020716793551851672006-11-25T15:35:00.000+05:302006-11-25T15:35:00.000+05:30- would be dying to eat a wada pav (if the person ...- would be dying to eat a wada pav (if the person is from Bombay)<br />- would find the climate extremely hot and humid<br />- will ask about the ingredients of the dish to the waiter in the restaurant until he gets pissed off and introduces him to the chef!Praxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452111925170998300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060699.post-43822389022457564442006-11-25T14:25:00.000+05:302006-11-25T14:25:00.000+05:30ah been there, done that :)
there is a list that ...ah been there, done that :) <br />there is a list that applies the other way round too, that of a desi abroad.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00049320751670119651noreply@blogger.com