For all my country men !!!
It’s amazing how English names turn out to be a laugh riot when taken the literal meaning in our local dialects.
Take for example …
People I work with
Ding Ding Mary Hou ( no that’s not a prayer to mother mary, it’s a person. But yet I admit it kinda resembles Jai Jai Shiv Shankar ……)
Maire Barber (Don’t ask a mallu ever what “maire” means, unless you are out on a suicide mission )
Pei Le Chong ( The classic pee ley chong in hindi)
People I talked to
Hai Yan Wu (How do I say a Hi to this guy, and even if I do would he understand?)
Mai Ki Tang (Are baba, lets not touch this area !! shiva shiva, karmam karmam !!!)
Jon Guu ( Now if we translate his last name in hindi, it would be so gross)
Velichadi Karun (The first name has a special significance in Malayalam tho)
And last but not the least someone I interviewed
Hang Bang Dang !!! (You know someone the trigger happy types when you read this name !!! )
No wonder, the last 2 days have been so very pleasant for me !!!