Monday, January 28, 2013

Fiction-55: Language lies

His family always antagonized him for not speaking his mother tongue. He felt awkward conversing in it. As a child, he used to speak but as he grew up in North India, he lost the habit.

On the day of his job recruitment, the interviewer asked, "Telugu occhuna?"

"Occhunu, sir", he lied.
He got the job.



*occhuna is do you know?
*occhunu is I know.

15 comments:

  1. Hi Ashish,

    Ahh, I see. Perfect portrayal of what goes on in an office through the medium of F55. Loved it :) :)

    Regards

    Jay
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    1. yeah...language biasing is common.

      Thankyou, Jay.

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  2. Ha ha.. :-) How i wish my job interview was that simple.. getting the job by saying "Kannada baratte" ("i know Kannada" )

    Good one Ashish.. :-)

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    1. actually, language is one small factor...but sometimes it becomes very crucial in eliminating ties.

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  3. U make a hell lot of sense by posting minimum lines and speaking an ocean. I salute your talent.
    http://neoimaginations.blogspot.in/

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    1. that was like the best comment i ever got... Thank you Neo :D a lot.

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  4. Nice...indeed perfect..:)
    Himani
    http://itjusthappenandthen.blogspot.in/

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  5. Nice....u blur the line between fiction and real....

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