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Here's a blog about Americanization...
- Mr. Ravi Kumar Guntuku

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Here's a blog about Americanization enjoy. You don't open a telephone conversation with a HELLO but with a 'Hi'. The telephone is never 'engaged', it's always 'busy'. You don't 'disconnect' a phone, you simply 'hang-up'. You never 'mess-up' things, you only 'screw them up'. You never have a 'residence' tel. no., you have a 'home' no. You don't stop at the 'signals', but halt at the 'lights'. You don't 'accelerate', you 'step on the gas'. Your tire never 'punctures', you may have a 'flat'. The trains have 'coaches' or 'boggies' no more but 'carriages' or 'boxes'. There R no 'petrol pumps', but 'gas stations'. 'I don't know nothing', 2 negatives don't make a positive here. You no longer meet a 'wonderful' person, you meet a 'cool' guy You don't pull the switch down to light a bulb, rather flick it up. No one stays 'a stone's throw away', might'a few blocks away'. There's no 'Town Side', it's 'Down Town'. In hotel U no longer ask for 'bill' and pay by 'cheque', rather ask for 'check' and pay with (Dollar) 'bill's. There R no 'soft drinks', only 'sodas'. Life's no longer 'miserable' it 'stinks'. Never 'post' a letter, always 'mail' it and 'glue' the stamps, don't 'stick' them. You no longer live in 'flats' or 'blocks', find an 'apartment'. You don't stand in a 'queue', you are in a 'line'. You no longer 'like' something, you 'appreciate' it. '#' is not 'hash', it's 'pound'. You can't get 'surprised' you get 'zapped'. You never 'joke', you just 'kid'. You never 'increase' the pressure, you always 'crank' it up. You never ask for a pencil 'rubber' you ask for an eraser. a rubber is a condom You don't try to find a lift you find an elevator. You no more ask for a route but for a 'RAUT' You don't ask somebody 'How are you ?', you say 'What's up dude?' You never go to see a game you go to watch a game. There's no FULL STOP after a statement, there's a PERIOD. If someone gets angry at you, you get 'flamed'. You don't say 'How do you do', you say 'How you doin' In short you don't speak English, you speak American. Well you dont' say life is boring you say LIFE SUCKS !!!!!

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