Another whimsical attempt to dawdle on the pointless by yours faithfully.
This time we will together explore use of the word BUS. Also called bottom of the barrel fishing.
As in its phonetic presentation in English and couple of Indian languages.
Therefore the readers with non multi language skillset should quit here.
So on to the Bus. As in boarding the conveyance. You guessed right. I thought of this insanity while traveling on such a device. A Marathi local bus rider offering a seat to me would say 'ye bus'. Whence a Hindi bhai would say 'baas kya?'
Whence I would suspect that the episode is about to become a busketcase with all of the bus ye bus wo bakwas. So to bypass the oncoming insanity I would suggest to my fellow ridership - bas rehne do yaro kuch aur baatein karo.
So we move on to less basi items. When my Hindi friend pipes up - bas ek baat bataa - ye baas tujhe bhi aa rahi hai?
As I contemplate this sudden turn of events I spot an old Bong acquaintance heading our way who says 'Boss, tum ye boss pe ata hai?'
Not knowing if the baas or the Boss comment deserved an answer I decide to play safe and go 'ees baas ke baad to mein ye bus pe nahin aaoonga'.
Here is another essay on the subject of first names. As in birth names. Or names provided to an offspring at birth. While the developed world tends to shy away from the exotic like Refrigerator or Coca Cola for their new production there is a plethora of Jims and Johns and Bobs or Robs. Speaking of which I do not think there is a categoric decision point at the time of birth if a child will be hereafter called as Bob. I mean have not yet met a toddler called Bob or Rob for that matter. At some point though the parental instinct to mouth out multiple syllables runs out and they switch from calling the crawler Robert to simply Robbie to Rob. Now speaking of - it is strange that the name sounds like something you would not want Rob to do - i.e. Rob anyone. Then why call someone that? After all Rob Peter to Pay Paul is not exactly a maxim to live a young life? Is it? Perhaps Peter or Paul might want to have a say in it? Then there is this matter of going to the John. Why degrad...
Aur nahi bus aur nahi, gham ke pyale aur nahi..
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