West Bengal vs. Bangladesh stereotypes, slangs, words, culture thread dadas!

[Zeeshan]

West Bengal: jol
BD: pani

West Bangal: chaan ( )
BD: shower ffs

West Bengal: aggey ()
BD: ah-kay (ok ar ki)

My favorite, sum1 don't feel offended bro, feel free to contribute and share:

West Bengal: kheye gelei parten kintu dada
BD: kheyei dour diyen na Dada (as in dadabhai)

[Zeeshan]

btw Dadaists rao post korte welcome...dadaists of surrealism fame

[Rabz]

আমরা শাওয়ার বলিনা জিসান, বাংলাটা হলো গোছল ।
আর আজ্ঞের এপার বাংলা প্রতিশব্দ হলো জ্বি ।

আরও কিছু ...

আমরা - পর্যন্ত
ভারতীয়রা - অবদি

দাওয়াত - নেম্নতন
Plus you would find a lot more regular ones like abbu-baba, ammu-ma, bhaiya-dada, dadi/nani-thakurma, khala-mashi, fupu-pishi ..

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Rabz
আমরা শাওয়ার বলিনা জিসান, বাংলাটা হলো গোছল ।
আর আজ্ঞের এপার বাংলা প্রতিশব্দ হলো জ্বি ।

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bhaijan, i had the spoiled english medium kids in mind, bhai thee bhai, you have good hand in bangla

on topic!

West Bengal: mine-A
BD: beton

West Bengal: bajeappto
BD: chintai

West Bengal: Ananda babu!!
BD: Ananta sir!!

West Bengal: kellafotte!
BD: kulla khalash!

West Bengal: bawtey!
BD: shetai

West Bengal: chattikhani kotha noyki
BD: jemon temon kotha na

West Bengal: bapu
BD: babure

West Bengal: kobirej moshai
BD: homeopathy

West Bengal: Amartya Sen!
BD: Mo. Yunus!

West Bengal: uni kutumb manush
BD: uni amar talto bhai

LOL Some pakistani Defence forums dude are asking the same questions!! Below



http://www.defence.pk/forums/banglad...st-bengal.html

[sum_1]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
West Bangal: chaan ( )
BD: shower ffs

We usually say snaan, its the hardcore Ghotis who pronounce it as chaan.

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
West Bengal: kheye gelei parten kintu dada
BD: kheyei dour diyen na Dada (as in dadabhai)

Also porjonto: obdi, maine:beton, bajeappto:chhintai, bawtey:shetai etc are interchangeable, as we use both. I belive its the same with Bangladeshi people also.

I'll try to add my inputs on this tomorrow, ekhon ghumer ghore mathai kichhu aaschhe na.

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
West Bengal: jol
BD: pani

West Bangal: chaan ( )
BD: shower ffs

West Bengal: aggey ()
BD: ah-kay (ok ar ki)

My favorite, sum1 don't feel offended bro, feel free to contribute and share:

West Bengal: kheye gelei parten kintu dada
BD: kheyei dour diyen na Dada (as in dadabhai)

TBH Bangladeshi Hindus also says jol and snaan, not only dada's from opar

the last one was classic!!..hahahahaha!

[Naimul_Hd]

ওপারঃ কটা/কতটা
এপারঃ কয়টা

ওপারঃ রোদ্রুর
এপারঃ রোদ

ওপারঃ গোঁফ
এপারঃ মোচ

ওপারঃ পাদুকা
এপারঃ সেন্ডেল (ডাইরেক্ট ইংলিশ থেকে মাইরা দিসি)

[Gladiators]

eto quickly kotha bole keno? I don't care about the vocabulary or different 'tone' - but almost everyone on tv speaks a million miles an hour.

[ReZ_1]

Its like british and american ascents, But i am curious to know if in west bengal they have different ascents between themselves, like we do have in sylhety chitagoan, mymensing etc

[Yameen]

Originally Posted by ReZ_1
Its like british and american ascents, But i am curious to know if in west bengal they have different ascents between themselves, like we do have in sylhety chitagoan, mymensing etc

I did notice a difference up in Siliguri where I found them to speak must faster.

[Rabz]

To be honest (and excuse me Sum_1 bhai), I find kolkata accent to be utterly irritating.
May be my ears are not just used to with it.

[sum_1]

Originally Posted by Naimul_Hd
ওপারঃ পাদুকা
এপারঃ সেন্ডেল (ডাইরেক্ট ইংলিশ থেকে মাইরা দিসি)

Naimul bhai we don't say paduka, we use the word choti or choppol.

[sum_1]

Originally Posted by ReZ_1
Its like british and american ascents, But i am curious to know if in west bengal they have different ascents between themselves, like we do have in sylhety chitagoan, mymensing etc

More or less every district has different accents. In the south (Sundarbans area) they speak in the "dhokhne" accent. Similarly Bankura, Birbhum, Bishnupur, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri etc all have slightly different accents. Although it does not vary as much as in case of Bangladesh.

There were two Slyheti students in our college, and when they spoke among themselves, we couldn't understand a single word they are saying.

[mufi_02]

I noticed they refer to Bangladeshis as 'bangals'. I thought we are all 'bangals', east or west.

[sum_1]

Originally Posted by Rabz
To be honest (and excuse me Sum_1 bhai), I find kolkata accent to be utterly irritating.
May be my ears are not just used to with it.

Mone Dukkhho pelam.

If you mean the korlum, khelum, gelum accent, then I'm totally with you. Even I find that annoying. But I believe the normal Kolkata accent is one of the most refined accents in Bengali (I might be biased though). Its like the English from England.

[sum_1]

Originally Posted by mufi_02
I noticed they refer to Bangladeshis as 'bangals'. I thought we are all 'bangals', east or west.

Kolkata has two kinds of people, one who are native to the region and the other who migrated at the time of partition. The former calls the later Bangals, and the later calls the former Ghotis. There was a healthy rivalry between the two groups in earlier times, best reflected in football (Mohan Bagan vs East Bengal matches).

Although that rivalry has simmered down in the recent times, we still like to pull each other's leg now and often.

[sum_1]

Political strike: BD: Hartal W.B: Bandh

Duration wise 1 hartal = approximately 3 bandhs.

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by sum_1
Naimul bhai we don't say paduka, we use the word choti or choppol.

Please bhai, choppol e thik ache, 'choti' bolle oneke onno kichu mone korte parey !

[Zunaid]

Speaking of Bangals, you'll find a short excerpt from a Bhanu skit here:

http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_sounds.html

[mufi_02]

WB: nemonton, BD: dawat
WB: nun (salt), BD: lobon
WB: holdi, BD: holud
WB: bhikkuk, BD: fokir

[roman]

I find it little funny when they call dosh, the number 10 as dos. ..I find my khaisi daisi more soothing to my ears..

[Banglatiger84]

There seems to be some confusion over what actually constitutes West Bengal accent/language.

I have been accused of using Kolkata'r bhasha merely because I say "bolechhi" instead of boltesi.
As if being a Bangladeshi means you cannot speak the formal version of a word.

There are many words which West Bengalis use more than us; and even though I have ancestry from WB, none of my family uses them; e.g. Boddo, Fatafati,

Another I have noticed is many Kolkatites dont pronounce "chh" and say chi, so its khela "dekhchi"

[ReZ_1]

Well then what is the perfect standard Bengali ascent- khaisi, gosul korsi or kheyechi, snan korechi?
There should be a reference somewhere about the standard one... Or which one is the more ancient one and which one is the more transformed version?

[sum_1]

Also I think in case of BD the informal personal pronouns (tui, tor, toder etc) are not used among friends as much as we do here in W.B. It's more aapni or tumi, even among very close friends.

[Zeeshan]

hehe rabz as in fan of lalmohon ganguly da...to chete mete fire dekchi... NOT cauldron!! NOT cauldron!