SultanOfSwing

C'est une charge de merde, n'est-ce pas?

Or words to that effect (this bit's in English so I didn't break the rules )

Uncle_Bob

Bud Bud Bud Move along the bus please

I work with Indians too and notice that most of them never use the word "the". Not when speaking or in writing. Strange.

cindyabs

That was nicer than what I was thinking.........

SultanOfSwing

That's about as strong as I can swear in French

cindyabs

For whatever reason, in Quebec they are all about using religious symbols etc in addition to our Anglo Saxon terms. I digress but in the olden days the English kings would say things like By Christ's wounds, or God's Teeth or God's Fingernails. Apparently Richard the Lionhearted was very good at this.

SultanOfSwing

La merde de mon Dieu ... ?

I have heard about those kinds of exclamations as well. I think, actually, 'Zounds' was derived from 'Christ's wounds' and I know 'cor blimey' was from 'god blind me', or something along those lines.

Steerpike

And they put spaces before punctuation marks in their writing . Or should I say, 'marks .' As in ...'Hello . This is a sentence . And another , following the last one . " Must be some weird school thing.

I f**ing love Indians; I love their food, their work ethic, and I love the sound of their voices. Almost all the best hires I've ever made have been Indians! It boggles my mind that they all have arranged marriages and seem to have the strongest family units of any group of people I know ... Oh well, a topic for another day!

tonrob

I love Indians too. I love the head wobble that they do where we would nod for "yes".

And I have been known, on rare occasion, to enjoy a cheeky Ruby.

Steerpike

I was going to make a comment about the head wobble but decided against it! It's not just for 'yes' ... it's a part and parcel of every sentence, sort of like how Italians use their arms to speak ... I got into a whole discussion with a colleague about how this must be learned ... that head movement has become an integral part of the verbal communication ... fascinating!

SalopianFunk

It's pretty bad how comical I find Indian accents. To the point I sometimes find it hard taking taking Indian people seriously. Even worse that I come from an indo-Fijian family, so a lot of my relatives sound like the equivalent of indian hillbillys speaking English. It's bad. All bad.