&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Humor on Hi from Dwipal</title><link>https://dwipal.com/blog/tags/humor/</link><description>Recent content in Humor on Hi from Dwipal</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:47:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://dwipal.com/blog/tags/humor/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Survival Guide to Indian (Gujju) &lt;--&gt; US English</title><link>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-06-09-survival-guide-to-indian-gujju-us-english/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dwipal.com/blog/posts/2006-06-09-survival-guide-to-indian-gujju-us-english/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;These is a short list of some words that are useful from Indians travelling to US (and vice-versa). Words in brackets are Indian versions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Apartment ( Flat )
House / Studio / Condo (Bungalow / Flat)
Job ( Office )
Office (Cabin)
Soda ( Any Cold Drink )
Gas (Petrol)
Gas Station (Petrol Pump)
Last Name (Surname)
Photocopy (Xerox)
Cop (Police)
School ( School / College!! )
Grade (Standard) [ &lt;i&gt; for school, like he is in 4th grade &lt;/i&gt; ]
Kids (Children)
Comforter (Blanket)
Shower ( Bath )
To Go (Packed)
Candy (Chocolate)
Check (Bill)
Rest Room (Toilet)
Yogurt (Curd)
Couch (Sofa)
Hood (Bonnet)
Elevator (Lift)&lt;/p&gt;</description><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;These is a short list of some words that are useful from Indians travelling to US (and vice-versa). Words in brackets are Indian versions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Apartment ( Flat )
House / Studio / Condo (Bungalow / Flat)
Job ( Office )
Office (Cabin)
Soda ( Any Cold Drink )
Gas (Petrol)
Gas Station (Petrol Pump)
Last Name (Surname)
Photocopy (Xerox)
Cop (Police)
School ( School / College!! )
Grade (Standard) [ &lt;i&gt; for school, like he is in 4th grade &lt;/i&gt; ]
Kids (Children)
Comforter (Blanket)
Shower ( Bath )
To Go (Packed)
Candy (Chocolate)
Check (Bill)
Rest Room (Toilet)
Yogurt (Curd)
Couch (Sofa)
Hood (Bonnet)
Elevator (Lift)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you know of any more words, add a comment to this blog :)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 id="comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (June 12, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bungalow ~ house doesn&amp;rsquo;t sound right. Check this: &lt;a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Bungalowand"&gt;http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Bungalowand&lt;/a&gt; you will know why?May be you want to correct the title of your post to &amp;ldquo;Survival Guide to Gujju &amp;lt;&amp;ndash;&amp;gt; US English&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (June 20, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Highway - Freeway&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (August 16, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Trunk(of a car) - Dickky&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 id="comments-1"&gt;Comments&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (June 12, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bungalow ~ house doesn&amp;rsquo;t sound right. Check this: &lt;a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Bungalowand"&gt;http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Bungalowand&lt;/a&gt; you will know why?May be you want to correct the title of your post to &amp;ldquo;Survival Guide to Gujju &amp;lt;&amp;ndash;&amp;gt; US English&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (June 20, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Highway - Freeway&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None&lt;/strong&gt; (August 16, 2006):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Trunk(of a car) - Dickky&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded></item></channel></rss>