I was checking on some of my older posts and happened to read the following:
“I saw in Chennai that many North Indian workers speak Tamil or try to speak Tamil with sincere effort. However, a few of these North Indian workers insist on speaking Hindi only. If this is their attitude towards language they will not survive in the working world for very long.”
I’m going to chalk this one up to the IGNORANT category.
California Love – somebody please cue up the Tupac and Doctor Dre song.
California is the place I have lived at for most of my entire adult life. California is a state in the USA and I have lived in an area known as the San Francisco Bay Area (which is part of California).
Whenever anyone asks a person from the San Francisco Bay Area, “Hey, where are you from?” The response will simply say “I’m from the Bay Area”. The person who asked the question should automatically assume this person is from the San Francisco Bay Area based on that response.
That attitude and answer makes people from Green Bay, Wisconsin…and Tampa Bay, Florida…well…jealous. You see they also consider themselves as “Bay Area” people. However, it’s widely accepted that when someone says they’re from the Bay Area…that means the San Francisco Bay Area. Not Green BAY or Tampa BAY.
I’ll chalk this one up to the ARROGANT category.
And oh by the way…if you ask me where I’m from…you know my answer, “I’m from the Bay Area.” Yep, guilty as charged. ARROGANT SG is here. I admit it.
Oh it doesn’t end there for CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ – somebody please cue up The Mamas and The Papas song.
When a resident of California is travelling in a foreign country, a person may ask…”Excuse me. Where are you from?” A Californian will never respond by saying “I’m from the USA.” He/She will answer, “I’m from California.
” Huh? What? Exsqueeze Me?
Is California not part of the USA? Can’t you just say America or the US? NOPE! You see we’re from California. And you Mr. Foreigner…who I’m talking to at a bazaar in Egypt or you Mrs. Foreigner…sitting in a café 50 miles outside of Istanbul, I know you’ve heard of California. I know you know California. So I’m responding with the name of my state.
In fact…who doesn’t know California? Everyone does…right? WRONG!
Gonna have to chalk this one up to the ARROGANT category.
Once again, me too, guilty as charged. ARROGANT SG has arrived in your nation, and if you don’t know what a California is or where a California is…well that’s your problem pal.
On a sidenote…did you notice how I snuck in 50 “miles” outside of Istanbul. Yeah right, like the metric system followers know what the hell a mile is. We are the only industrialized country that refuse to adopt to metric system.
So now please tell all of your friends and relatives, when they visit a foreign country. Please represent your state. 100 kilometers outside of Nairobi. Hey, where are you from? I am from Uttarakhand.
PS: I have a very intelligent blogger friend from Uttarakhand and she is a travel enthusiast.
“I saw in Chennai that many North Indian workers speak Tamil or try to speak Tamil with sincere effort. However, a few of these North Indian workers insist on speaking Hindi only. If this is their attitude towards language they will not survive in the working world for very long.”
I’m going to chalk this one up to the IGNORANT category.
California Love – somebody please cue up the Tupac and Doctor Dre song.
California is the place I have lived at for most of my entire adult life. California is a state in the USA and I have lived in an area known as the San Francisco Bay Area (which is part of California).
Whenever anyone asks a person from the San Francisco Bay Area, “Hey, where are you from?” The response will simply say “I’m from the Bay Area”. The person who asked the question should automatically assume this person is from the San Francisco Bay Area based on that response.
That attitude and answer makes people from Green Bay, Wisconsin…and Tampa Bay, Florida…well…jealous. You see they also consider themselves as “Bay Area” people. However, it’s widely accepted that when someone says they’re from the Bay Area…that means the San Francisco Bay Area. Not Green BAY or Tampa BAY.
I’ll chalk this one up to the ARROGANT category.
And oh by the way…if you ask me where I’m from…you know my answer, “I’m from the Bay Area.” Yep, guilty as charged. ARROGANT SG is here. I admit it.
Oh it doesn’t end there for CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ – somebody please cue up The Mamas and The Papas song.
When a resident of California is travelling in a foreign country, a person may ask…”Excuse me. Where are you from?” A Californian will never respond by saying “I’m from the USA.” He/She will answer, “I’m from California.
” Huh? What? Exsqueeze Me?
Is California not part of the USA? Can’t you just say America or the US? NOPE! You see we’re from California. And you Mr. Foreigner…who I’m talking to at a bazaar in Egypt or you Mrs. Foreigner…sitting in a café 50 miles outside of Istanbul, I know you’ve heard of California. I know you know California. So I’m responding with the name of my state.
In fact…who doesn’t know California? Everyone does…right? WRONG!
Gonna have to chalk this one up to the ARROGANT category.
Once again, me too, guilty as charged. ARROGANT SG has arrived in your nation, and if you don’t know what a California is or where a California is…well that’s your problem pal.
On a sidenote…did you notice how I snuck in 50 “miles” outside of Istanbul. Yeah right, like the metric system followers know what the hell a mile is. We are the only industrialized country that refuse to adopt to metric system.
So now please tell all of your friends and relatives, when they visit a foreign country. Please represent your state. 100 kilometers outside of Nairobi. Hey, where are you from? I am from Uttarakhand.
PS: I have a very intelligent blogger friend from Uttarakhand and she is a travel enthusiast.
Forgive me for being reminded as I read your post of Thomas Paine's poem
ReplyDelete"The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."
Thanks Mr. KP.
DeleteSimilar to this issue, On some websites (esp. American and even some Indian ones) they assume that all visitors are from the US or India. So, while they place the buy now buttons everywhere, they don't mention their area of operation - i.e. where all can they deliver??
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Thanks Rajesh. That is another arrogance.
DeleteHere, for North Indians...i.e. North India is above the Andhra Karnataka belt (for us South Indians!), Madarasi means people from Karnataka, Andhra and Kerala. No East or West India for us:)
ReplyDeleteMy son also lived in Bay Area for a long time and I had visited this beautiful place. Well....San Francisco Bay Area!
Thanks for your comments Sandhya. Does your son say he is from the Bay Area (instead of San Francisco Bay Area)?
DeleteBay Area:)
Deleteha ha ha ha !!! end is too good SG... I really enjoy reading this post... :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Vineeta. I knew you would like this post. Be proud. You are the travel enthusiast from Uttarakhand.
DeleteHaha :-D Yes, yes... Will try the same in such situations :-D
ReplyDeleteGood one, SG.
TC, keep smiling :-)
Thanks for your comments Sindhu. I am glad you liked this post.
DeleteIt happens with most of the people:) they like to think that their place is well known.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Renu. Yup you are correct. But the Bay Area people and Californians go the extra mile.
DeleteI read this post on my phone over the weekend and forgot to comment when I had access to my laptop. Haha I so agree with your definition of ignorant and arrogant. I would initially say SF bay area but then realized people understood when I said just "bay area" :D so started using just "bay area".
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Ash. Another testimony to our arrogance from another Bay Area resident. But Ash, your cousin in Green BAY, Wisconsin, and your aunt in Tampa BAY, Florida, are going to be unhappy.
DeleteSo you are from Bay Area :) BTW. when got to know of KAmala harish victory, was reminded of your post. Is she from Bay area?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Asha. Yes, Kamala is definitely from Bay Area. She was born in Oakland. Oakland and San Francisco are twin cities. Kamala's mother, Dr. Shyamala Gopalan was a cancer specialist from Chennai.
ReplyDeleteFunny post and nice too, SG.Actually it is like US instead of USA because many a country including India is a union of various states.So such countries are also US. But US stands for USA and is an accepted usage worldwide.
ReplyDeleteAnyway 'vasudhaiva kudumbakam'.
Thanks for your comments Sarala. You have a very good point. We don't say USA. We say just US. And, some people just say "I am from States". So arrogant.
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