Posted by: npl2us November 8, 2006
Things I hate about us Nepali
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I AM IN TROUBLE NOW. I HAVE NOTICED MYSELF TALKING IN ENGLISH WHILE TALKING IN NEPALI GROUP. BUT IT IS SPONTANEOUS. AM I AN IDIOT? MY INTENTIONS ARE NOT TO SO OF. IT JUST COMES OUT ALL OF A SUDDEN. SOMETIMES I RUN OUT OF WORDS IN NEPALI AND THEN I HAVE TO SPEAK IN ENGLISH. BUT I AM GETTING BETTER AT TALKING PURE NEPALI LATELY. I THINK IT ALL DEPENDS UPON WHERE ARE YOU AT AND WHAT YOU DO. WHEN I USED TO BE OUT OF HOME FOR 16 HOURS IN A DAY (SCHOOL AND WORK) ENGLISH WAS THE LANGUAGE THEN. NOW BEING HOME MORE OFTEN AND ATTENDING NEPALI GROUPS MORE OFTEN HAS MADE ME TALK MORE NEPALI THAN ENGLISH IN NEPALI GROUPS. BUT ENGLISH STILL SLIPS OUT OUT OF NOWHERE SOMETIMES. STILL I CALL MY MOM - MAA AND DAD- BUWA. MOST OF THE SAJHA USERS ARE I THINK ARE NOT IN NEPAL. WHEN THEY SEE NTV ANCHOR BLENDING NEPALI AND ENGLISH TOGETHER, THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT THAT. BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN NEPAL MAY MISS NEPAL AND ITS CULTURE AND THE SEWEETNESS OF NEPALI WORDS MORE THAN THE PEOPLE IN NEPAL. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEPALI VIEWERS IN NEPAL TO ADJUST IN THAT KIND OF LINGO, WHERE WE THINK IT'S AN INVASON OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE. ANYWAYS NEPALI IS THE SWEETEST LANGUAGE IN THE EARTH. AT LEAST IT IS TO ME! JATI JANYO NEPALI - KAIDA UTI FAIDA. JAI HOS!
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