[From an Email Forward]
Have a tour across the lingua-de-bihar.
Disclaimer: there is no language "like"/as Bihari...its only a convenient and informal touch to Hindi thrown towards starngers which at times boomeranges as rustic/uncultured/impolite.
LE BALAIYA, ee ka hua?
Kahe albalaye huye hain? Etna narbhasane se kuchchho nahin hoga (Omigosh, what's this? Why are you so flustered? Such nervousness won't help matters.)
EK MUUKA MUH PE DHISHOOM SE MAAR DENGE, KAPAAR PHAT JAAYEGA......
The inveterate linguist may scream at such an apparent contamination of Hindi language but the average Bihari simply loves to throw all narrow parameters of grammar to the winds. For them, the funnier they are, the better their adaptability is into their inimitable lingua franca.
Over the years, Biharis have invented a language, which has an unmistakable stamp of their own. In recent times, its popularity has travelled far and wide beyond the borders of the State and many screen heroes, including Amitabh Bachchan, have mouthed Bihari liches with characteristic elan - a far cry from the days when it was thought to be an infra dig of sorts for anybody other than country bumpkins and unscrupulous politicians to perpetrate such "verbal atrocities".
All that, however, is passe now. Bihari Boli is sweeter than honey now. Not only in Bollywood but also on the campuses of prestigious universities and IITs across the country. Words like harbaraye, arbaraye, bargalaye, thartharaye and dhanmanaye which would have sounded Greek to outsiders earlier are being used with gay abandon by the hep youngsters there. Sobriquets laced with double entendres like "garda", bawaal and dhuan denoting the varying degree of a girl's beauty and sex appeal can be heard not only in Patna University colleges but also faraway Fergusson College in Pune.
Moreover, a-go, dugo, teengo and chaartho type of numerology which was a matter of disdain not long ago is being accepted even by the stiff upper-lips without any ualms. So, notes sarka do (pass on the notes)","batti buta do (put out the lights)", Principal ko harka do (bamboozle the principal), burbak kahin ka (you stupid fellow!), hum to biga gaye(I was thrown out) and Hum to huan thebe kiye the (I was very much there) are some of the ex-pressions which have conveniently made their way into the otherwise prim-and-propah St Stephens, New Delhi.
Similarly, coinages like dhakiyaye (shoved), mukiyaye (punched), and latiyaye (kicked) are the current rage. Hiyan (here), huan (there), kahe (why), enne (this way) and onne (that way) are some of other typical words, which are spoken rather nonchalantly by so-called educated lot in the State.
One, therefore, does not get surprised if one hears tanikke for little, nimman for good, anhar for darkness. For them, colloquial language need not be tied to any narrow rules.
E topicwa par maatha khapane se kuchchho nahi hoga (nothing is to come out of this topic), as one wit commented. Among many characteristics of this language are its terms fendearment. Seldom does one hear people on the streets calling each other by their real names. Raju automatically becomes Rajua, Pappu turns into Pappua, Rajesh into Rajeshwa and Shatrughna at best Satrohna. This potpourri of all Bihari dialects has also coined new terms for human anatomy which would baffle an FRCP if he were to land here straight from Edinburgh. Here gor means legs, moori is substitute to head, ongree is equivalent to finger, thor denotes lips and kapar is synonymous with forehead. This language also has more onomatopoeic words than probably any other.
Words like tapak se, gapak se, and japak se can be understood by Listening to their phonetical sounds. No longer is Bihari language associated with a few howlers like eskool (school)", teeshan (station) and singal (signal) only. There are certain words which carry the precise meaning but which cannot be properly substituted by any word in other languages. Machchar bhambhor liya is probably is one such example. Bhambhorna is a super word, which means the collective assault of mosquitoes to "bhambhor" you. But then, one might argue, where else do you find so many mosquitoes to bhambhor you. Right from Laloo Prasad Yadav, who emerges as the best speaker of his ghar ki boli to Shekhar Suman, everybody loves to flaunt his native command of the language. Earlier, Biharis were notorious for atrocious gender sense and shoddy pronunciation.
Now, the same traits have become the tour de force of their conversation.
The time has certainly come to raise ekadhgo (one or two) toast to thelongevity of the Bihari language. "Teengo" cheers to that. Or else have eggo bora pre starterwa, starterwa and finisherwa and boggle urself up with your distributorwa. I didn’t know that a “bukni series” exists for us (biharis)…plz take it in ur stride. Bukni is the masaledaar salt that you have with moongphali or amrood. So, once a bihari went to allahbad, as some of the people do, he tried to act like a non-bihari at Alahabad. He asked a amrood waala..."oye, amrood kaise diye?", the thela waala said "20 rupaye kilo". bihari said "achchha...dekh, 2 kilo de de....haan zara bukni zyaada dena:. So this started the bukni series. From that day onwards bukni series has ever been increasing like anything. Its like "abe tu upar se kudak jaa...main tujhe lok lunga"...so guys, here are some true bihari ishtyle buknis for you.
RAMESH: Are dekh na kitni sundar ladkee hai MAHESH: Haan theeke mein, par gaal pe dhere foosri hai
RAMESH: Are dekh na kitni sundar ladkee hai
MAHESH: Haan theeke mein, par gaal pe dhere foosri hai
LADKI: (NO RESPONSE... CONTINUES PUTTING HER BAG BENEATH THE BIRTH) LADKA: ARRE MADAM.. HUMRA GOR PICHA RAHA HAI!!!!!! LADKI: (MADAM SUNKE DEKHI USKO LEKIN KUCCH SAMJHI NAHI) LADKA: (DARD KE MAARE DHAKEL DIYA LADKI KO AUR BOLA) SUNE NA HAI KI... KATNA DER SE KAH RAHE HAIN HUM KI HUMRA GOR PICHA RAHA HAI... GOR PICHA RAHA HAI.. LEKIN HATBE NAHI KARTI HAI!!!!...
LADKI: (NO RESPONSE... CONTINUES PUTTING HER BAG BENEATH THE BIRTH)
LADKA: ARRE MADAM.. HUMRA GOR PICHA RAHA HAI!!!!!!
LADKI: (MADAM SUNKE DEKHI USKO LEKIN KUCCH SAMJHI NAHI)
LADKA: (DARD KE MAARE DHAKEL DIYA LADKI KO AUR BOLA) SUNE NA HAI KI... KATNA DER SE KAH RAHE HAIN HUM KI HUMRA GOR PICHA RAHA HAI... GOR PICHA RAHA HAI.. LEKIN HATBE NAHI KARTI HAI!!!!...
Are utna zor se throw karne ka kya jaroorat tha.. dheere se gudkaio deta to out ho jaata
Bhaiya non diyo to jara , Tadaka mein non kam hai Khali non se kam thode chalega... ek du fara aam ka achar hoga to dekhiye na ...nembu ka achar nahi dijiyega .. bahut khatta lagta hai
Bhaiya non diyo to jara , Tadaka mein non kam hai
Khali non se kam thode chalega... ek du fara aam ka achar hoga to dekhiye na ...nembu ka achar nahi dijiyega .. bahut khatta lagta hai
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