It is said that “Human being is a
social animal” and we all need interaction. By conversation, we exchange ideas
orally with others. This conversation depends on age group, mood, situation and
nature of people who are interacting. Taking in account, the age group of
college students and fresh employees …which I call as “My Age Group”, I have discussed
some of its common conversation trends in this post.
Until it is some special occasion
(when we have to use perfect language for formal presentations), we mix all
spices in our talk to make it tasty.
Such language was first referred by the word “HINGLISH” which means
that while speaking; we merge the words of both Hindi and English (in which
part of Hindi and English vary accordingly). But these days our conversation
can’t be defined by a single word, because it not just contains Hindi but also
internet slangs and other languages, that is why I have used the word CONVERSATION
KHICHDI.
The growth of technology has put huge influence on our
activities and conversation is now not just oral. Nowdays, conversation is done
more through chatting on mobile phones or on internet, rather than talking face
to face. This trend has brought different types of abbreviations and smilyes in
our talks.
One by one I have pointed
out some popular contents of conversation below:
- Punjabi Words: Punjabi words are at the top position in new ingredients of KHICHDI conversation. They are famous because of their accent which is funny but still sound stylish. Girls are really fond of it and these words are often used by them. Few general words/phrases are :
“ainvayi”, “vellapanti”,
“syappa”,
“mainu ki fark painda hai” , “gal dasso”,
“phuddu”, “kitthe ho” , “chhetti” …etc
Another
use of Punjabi style is done by attaching “Ji” suffix after any expression
like:
“Haan
Ji”, “Ok Ji”, “Thanku Ji”, “Got it ji”, “Na ji”, “Chhaddo Ji” … etc
(Notice that I have used “Thanku” instead of “Thank you”)
(Notice that I have used “Thanku” instead of “Thank you”)
- Words from UP/Bihari Language: They also bear the same quality of basicity and comic nature just like Punjabi words but opposite to them they are generally used by Boys. I have presented a funny conversation here, which includes general words/phrases, this is among two college students, one is sleeping in hostel and other is coming from class:
A : kya bhai ??
kahan bawaal macha ke aa rahe ho? kar aaye class ?
B : abe kuch
nahi. re. bas aa gaye bakar kaat ke..aur attendance
criteria sunke
10 chahiye….ab lag gayi tumhari
lanka
A: dhat burbak… pagla gaye ho ka be !!
humari to 5 hi hain..agla week agar teeno lecture bhi le lein to bhi kuch na
hoga
B: Bas bhaiya ab
to aise hi hai…aadha class debar hai..ho sake to karo kuch jugaad..lagao jack Prasantwa
ki
A: haan re..kuch
to goli set karni padegi…kuch medical-vedical nikalte hain
(Note the use
“Prasant” instead of “Prashant”)
- Urdu Words: We don’t pay much heed, but actually while speaking Hindi we use a lot of Urdu words. It is a language of respect and it does contain that essence in its words. Few common words are :
“akhbaar”, “hisaab”, “barbaad”,
“khatarnaak”, “shaandar”, “mast”, “khabar”, “mazaa”, “dimaag”, “kharaab”, “tashan”…
etc
The word
“yaar”, which I believe has the maximum usage (almost in every
sentence), is also an Urdu word.
Now, let’s have
a look over those English words/phrases which are used too much:
“superb”,
“amazing”, “fantastic”, “fabulous”, “freaking”, “lovely”, “let’s see”, “too
much” “classic” or “classy” , “solid”(with putting more emphasis on
that “l”) ...and the list can go on
“cool”
and “hot”
are two opposite words, but are used in the same sense to somehow praise
something. “best” is also in this category.
Few are used in
their shortened form also like: “contribute” as “contri” and “ultimate”
as “ulti”
But there are few words which can be used as “one
expression for all”, like:
“awesome” :- If one wants to
describe joy or beauty or excitement or even any other kind of feeling and
can’t find a word for that … then they say “awesome” (No matter you have to
praise a Hindi or English word)
“Awesome
weather”, “Awesome feeling”..etc are the uses.
The second word
which is one everyone’s tongue these days is:
“sexy”:- It also has similar usage as “awesome” but I
guess people sometimes use it in order to reflect their open mentality and show
that they can use any expression anywhere, they don’t care for anyone.
It is used
everywhere, like:
“sexy
song”, “sexy bike”, “sexy car”, “sexy guitar”, “sexy watch”, “sexy shoes”, “sexy
goggles/shades”, “sexy food”, “sexy coffee” ..etc
The immense
popularity of the word can be realized from this situation that even a noxious
spider crawling on someone’s hand can also be complimented by the word “sexy
spider” :P.
I get confused
why people admire things with this word, when it has no literal connection. Like
how can wind, spider, weather, camera and e-gadgets be sexy?? :P :P
The users say
that they do not put this word to attach its meaning to the thing, it is just
an appraisal which comes first to their mind, and then I think how can “sexy”
come to the mind until they are induced towards sex :P
(Or maybe I pay
too much attention on the correct meanings of words.)
A similar over
usage of F-words is also seen in normal conversation these days. It is not
wrong to say that “get lost” or “go away” are completely replaced by “f*ck
off!”.
Not just
phrases, the F-words are used to increase the degree of certain adjective. Like
if something is too good (really worth praising) then it is referred by “f*king
good”, vice versa “f**king bad”.
One more phrase
is “Holy
Sh*t!” or “Holy freaking sh*t”, here “holy” is a pure, sacred word and
then comes “sh*t”, usage of two entirely opposite words gives birth to a
word even worse than “sh*t”
I wonder why people use such words regularly, unabashedly and that too publicly. They advocate that, this is the actual way they speak (in light comic talk) and use them to show their real conversation picture or to express their true feelings, just like novels. But what about the malignancy imparted by these words.
I wonder why people use such words regularly, unabashedly and that too publicly. They advocate that, this is the actual way they speak (in light comic talk) and use them to show their real conversation picture or to express their true feelings, just like novels. But what about the malignancy imparted by these words.
I’ve seen that
F-word users consider this usage to be classy while at the same time they avoid
similar abusive talks in local language. The local talks are considered
disrespectful and the speakers are called bad-mannered. I don’t understand this
dual behavior based on language. :P
They proudly
used street words from American Language like:
“Dude”,
“bro”, “True dat!” etc but feel uncomfortable between people speaking
Indian dialects
(The point to
ponder here is, that these street phrases, abusive words don’t put any quality
in language, instead they are considered indecent even in American society of
honorable people too but here they show Fashion, Proud to be an Indian !)
After these
words come, smileys: J
, ;-) ,:-P , L …are some commonly
used
And others are
internet slangs (abbreviations used in chats and SMS) : - LOL, LMAO, brb, tc, gn, ROFL
etc
This trend has
generated new spells for many words like “Yep” for “Yes”, “Nopes/Nope” for “No”, “Congo”
for “Congratulations”, but the maximum variation can be seen in spellings/styles
for “OK”, they are:
“okay”,
“ohk”, “ohkay”, “okies”, “k”, “kk”, “ohkz” …etc
The extensive
use of “u” instead of “you” has made its place in Assignments and University
Exam copies these days.
All over, the KHICHDI of Conversation not just stays
in our friendly chats, but it also interferes in the territory of exams,
records, formal write ups, presentations etc. I just want to convey the message
that we should spread happiness everywhere by soft language. We may drink sexy
teas, or go to awesome picnics, or even use rash language among ourselves but should
not lose our dignity by unnecessarily using trashy words everywhere.
(I have
deliberately avoided correct spells of offensive words here, just to maintain courtesy
and I may have missed many commonly used words but then it is impossible to put
everything)
