Wednesday, May 10, 2006
D -9: language
one thing that thatha was known for was his language. most people knew him for his verbosity and the usage of bombastic words. his command of english vocabulary was quite astounding. he always kept us on our toes. with him, you were better off saying that you didn't know the meaning of a word than to bluff your way through, because there was a large chance of the following conversation happening.
thatha: so do you know what XXXXXX means?
bluffer: *blink blink* erm.. lemme think about it
thatha: if you don't know what it means say so, don't need to bluff
and then he'd explain the word. if there's something that i think thatha has given me, it is a love for the english language. he encouraged my reading and to have a dictionary by my side so that i could understand the hard words. it was nice to know that in his last few years, he began to consider me his equal in the english language, which led to many a happy conversation for the two of us.
thatha: so do you know what XXXXXX means?
bluffer: *blink blink* erm.. lemme think about it
thatha: if you don't know what it means say so, don't need to bluff
and then he'd explain the word. if there's something that i think thatha has given me, it is a love for the english language. he encouraged my reading and to have a dictionary by my side so that i could understand the hard words. it was nice to know that in his last few years, he began to consider me his equal in the english language, which led to many a happy conversation for the two of us.
thus spake satchithananda at 9:42 pm
