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The Quintessential Hyderabadi

"arre bhai.. kaiko uske peeche jaare tum... tumko is galli me jao bola na main.. samajh mein nahi aaya kya... kahan kahan se aate re bhai yeh autowalleh...!!"this sentence will cause severe brain haemorrage if you are a connoisseur of pure hindi ... or the north india kinda hindi.. but it its pretty normal to the hyderabadi..! it is the only place on the planet where work has a plural form.. kya saab hame aur bhi kaama hein.. kitna dete hum ko..? (kaama is supposed to be the plural of kaam)

welcome to hyderabad.. where hindi is spoken like u've never heard before, with a mix of urdu and a pinch of telugu. It is the land of Pan grafitti and the self assumed king of the roads.. the auto wallahs..

Even though lucknow,ahmedabad and hyderabad have a similarity in the kind of hindu muslim community ratio.. it is the language of the hyderabadi that makes him unique and by far the most entertaining.. :) When you here this lingo for the first time , it 'll seem wierd.. but once you start talking.. believe me u will have a lotta fun..
May be that is the reason why, whenever i start speaking hindi.. after a few sentences,i am back to speaking hurdu..!

The time i have stayed away from home, the thing that is missed most about Hyderabad(apart from biryani) is the gamut of languagues i get to hear. The repertoire of languages the city boasts of is amazing. The way a telugu,a tamilian and a mallu speak hyderabadi hindi is different and its awesome when there is a debate amongst the 3..!

Just when u think you have heard enough... you will be taken aback with the literary prowess of the hyderabadi in the sub category of "Gaali", simply said it means bad language. :) when a hyderabadi swears in hurdu.. you would feel that you'd rather be in beirut amongst the suicide car bombs.. than bear the brunt of the verbal storm :).. and you thought voice modulation aids only in playback singing..!! :)

so the next time u decide to confront a hyderabadi... dont tell me i dint warn you..:) and the best way to speak to a hyderabadi is to brush up ur hurdu..!! go ahead.. be a hyderabadi.

Comments

kri8hna said…
"kyaan nazini aise zulum kartein?" my favourite line so far-lol. Oooh! I forgot another one, "No haat only baat" roflamo...
Praveena said…
wen is the next post comin...!!
yahan pe waitings karre logaon!! :P

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