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I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
Police were called to a day care, where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
The roundest knight at King Arthur’s [...]

It’s amazing, you will understand the above word by the end of the conversation…
Read aloud for best results. “Tendjewberrymud” Be warned, you’re going to find yourself talking “funny” for a while after reading this.
The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service at a hotel in Asia, which was recorded and published [...]

If you enjoyed my previous post on English, then I’m sure this is going to tickle your linguistic buds.
English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while [...]

If you thought, you were really good at English, especially in your pronunciations, then how about giving this a shot?

The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse .
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead [...]

Had expressed interest in translating Netvibes. Got the invitation today for the same.
The languages available are Hindi, Marathi and Tamil. However, the catch is that the language has to be in written in their respective fonts.
Well I don’t know Tamil so that rules it out and my Marathi could well do with some brushing up. [...]

So have you decided to shift to Mumbai? Or maybe you just want to talk the talk.
Read on and learn…
English: There’s a minor problem
Hindi: Arre yaar, “Waanda” ho gaya
English: There’s a big problem
Hindi: Arre yaar, “Zol” ho gaya
English: There’s a huge problem
Hindi: Arre yaar, “Raada” ho gaya
English: You’ll be surprised .
Hindi: Ekdam “Hill” jayega [...]