my dad calls it a bushirt! haha and he calls a brush 'broosh' and biscuit 'biss-koot'.
fatigue as phatik
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A ruler (scale) is called a 'foota'.
Suit case(attache case) is pronounced as 'attatchee case'.
ur dad is so cute ![]()
Salaam all
My all time favourite has to be:
Penchur - A puncture (as in flat tyre)!!!!
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Furlong: My dad measures distances by this system.
Chomp: lamb chop
Rhymes: All words are rhymed for effect. eg. party sharty
Frock: dress
Battery: flashlight
Motor: car
Aamlit (Omlette!)
Video -- VCR
Kun Tect - Contact
Sorry - I keep hearing more and more!!!!!!!!!
Die-woo (Daewoo - the bus service in Pakistan that no one can prononuce)
this is hilarious ![]()
Safety = Razor blade !
Why though?????
Boo-shirt is so funny. Another one that I hear is Sweeeter intead of sweater.
raidua = radio
main fry paan main umlait banaooon ga.
phulltru is too funny... and very commonly used among people carrying guns. :D
coleslaw = coles slaw
i,ve never hears jenin for genuine.... i always got jeniyun.
pliers are called palaas...
jacket = jaikuT
spare tyre = stupnee
Tennis = Tainis
jose = jozay
steak = steek
someone mentioned chomp for chops, well its cos in urdu those chops are called chaampain. so its not chomp but chaamp.
sweet n sour = sweet and sore (a waiter once called it sweet and snore) :D
Guess what “kali- bar” is?
And how about these KalooReen, FalooReen, BrooMeen,IoDean,AsTateen
Ever heard of therm ?
Came across this during our NCC training the weapon that was used was the US built 3.0 “Kali-bar”…
It took me some time to figure out that “Kali-bar” is not the brand of the rifle but rather caliber.
KalooReen, FalooReen, BrooMeen,IoDean,AsTateen are the halogens
Chlorine, Florien, Bromine, Iodine and Astatine as one chemistry teacher pronounce
Did u do the training of NCC under karimabad bridge, karachi too
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Same here
Kaali baar ![]()
Actually I did my training at Lahore … there were a nunber of other words as well but “Kaali- bar” was the best
Why do desis have such a hard time in pronouncing "Available" correctly with emphasis on the second syllable and not the first?
plum-burr = plumber
bye-logy = biology
balab = bulb
kalab = club
alaram = alarm
injeeneeer = engineer
secaatry = secratary
sokaity = society
kalonee= colony
neti jeti ka pul = native jeti bridge
bunss road = burns road
lipeestick = lipstick
arnold sich-wa-zen-tigger ??
Ali, these must be easy for you, since you talk like that anyway. :p
Once I was chatting to my cuz from Pakistan, and she was like, yeah be careful of 'saaz' and Im like, er you mean SARS?
:D
Now the girl is an engineer, but I dont know where she got 'saaz' from. It was funny!