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March 23, 2009
An elderly man in Mumbai calls his son in New York and says,
'I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are getting a divorce; 35 years of marriage... and that much misery is enough!'
'Dad, what are you talking about?' the son screams.
'We can't stand the sight of each other any longer,' the old man says.
'We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Hong Kong and tell her!'
Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone.
'Like heck they're getting divorced,' she shouts, 'I'll take care of this.'
She calls Mumbai immediately, and screams at the old man, 'You are not getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then , don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR??' and she hangs up.
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. 'Okay', he says, 'It's all set. They're both coming for Deepavali and paying their own airfare!!'
MORAL:
No man / woman is busy in this world all 365 days.
The sky is not going to fall down if you take few days LEAVE and meet your dear ones.
OFFICE WORK IS NOT EVERYTHING IN LIFE and MONEY MAKING IS NOT EVERYTHING IN LIFE.
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March 19, 2009
A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, 'Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.' The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, 'You have seen Hell.' They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, 'I don't understand.' It is simple,' said the Lord. 'It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves.'
==> this story, i took it from a article - sounds nice but not sure of the grammar. Just for reading pleasure and sound advice.
March 16, 2009
British EnglishHere are a few of the more common words which are different in American and British English. This is only meant to highlight some of the variety which exists within English, and is not a complete list by any means. It also does not address different vocabulary which is used in Australia, Canada, South Africa and India as well as the Caribbean, Africa, and the many other places in the world which use English as the language of commerce or government.
American | British |
apartment | flat |
argument | row |
baby carriage | pram |
band-aid | plaster |
bathroom | loo or WC |
can | tin |
chopped beef | mince |
cookie | biscuit |
corn | maize |
diaper | nappy |
elevator | lift |
eraser | rubber |
flashlight | torch |
fries | chips |
gas | petrol |
guy | bloke, chap |
highway | motorway |
hood (car) | bonnet |
jello | jelly |
jelly | jam |
kerosene | paraffin |
lawyer | solicitor |
license plate | number plate |
line | queue |
post | |
motor home | caravan |
movie theater | cinema |
muffler | silencer |
napkin | serviette |
nothing | nought |
overpass | flyover |
pacifier | dummy |
pants | trousers |
parking lot | car park |
period | full stop |
pharmacist | chemist |
potato chips | crisps |
rent | hire |
sausage | banger |
sidewalk | pavement |
soccer | football |
sweater | jumper |
trash can | bin |
truck | lorry |
trunk (car) | boot |
vacation | holiday |
vest | waistcoat |
windshield (car) | windscreen |
zip code | postal code |
Base Word | American | British |
counsel | counseling | counselling |
equal | equaling | equalling |
model | modeling | modelling |
quarrel | quarreling | quarrelling |
signal | signaling | signalling |
travel | traveling | travelling |
excel | excelling | excelling |
propel | propelling | propelling |
Base form | American | British |
to dream | dreamed | dreamt |
to leap | leaped | leapt |
to learn | leareded | learnt |
Base form | American | British |
to fit | fit | fitted |
to forecast | forecast | forecasted |
to wed | wed | wedded |
Base form | American | British |
to knit | knit | knitted |
to light | lit | lighted |
to strive | strove | strived |
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