White water rafting in Kaudiyala.
The guy in the back in blue was already being stupid the whole time. During the rafting, I saw something blue on the hill and I asked him what it was. "Is that a temple". "No" he said, "it's a blez". I said a what? He said: "a blez". I asked: "is that Hindi". He said "Hindi, English, both". I looked at my Indian colleague and she had the same surprised expression on her face as me. I said "I'll look it up in the dictionary". He said "yes do that". Then he started explaining what it was. He said it is like a village but only a couple of houses, like three or four. As he was saying this, I suddenly remembering the servant also using this word.
Then at home we tried to look it up. English dictionary: nothing. Hindi dictionary: nothing. We thought - that word just doesn't exist. But the servant also knew it so we continued our search.
Suddenly my indian colleague figured it out ....................................................................
The guy in the back in blue was already being stupid the whole time. During the rafting, I saw something blue on the hill and I asked him what it was. "Is that a temple". "No" he said, "it's a blez". I said a what? He said: "a blez". I asked: "is that Hindi". He said "Hindi, English, both". I looked at my Indian colleague and she had the same surprised expression on her face as me. I said "I'll look it up in the dictionary". He said "yes do that". Then he started explaining what it was. He said it is like a village but only a couple of houses, like three or four. As he was saying this, I suddenly remembering the servant also using this word.
Then at home we tried to look it up. English dictionary: nothing. Hindi dictionary: nothing. We thought - that word just doesn't exist. But the servant also knew it so we continued our search.
Suddenly my indian colleague figured it out ....................................................................
In must have come from the word village, which with the accent changed to billage..... blage....... blez.
Anyone else has an idea?
