Comments on: A Sense of Deja Vu

By: Cultural misunderstandings… « i3j3Cricket :: A blog for fans of Indian cricket…

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:34:37 +0000

[...] as reader 10YearsLate says in the comments section of this Blogsite, for the uninitiated and the linguistically unaware, the Hindi/Punjabi swear phrase above roughly [...]

By: 10yearslate

10yearslate — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:56:59 +0000

And for the esteemed readers of this blog who do not follow the Hindi swear phrase above, it roughly translates to;

“Your mother’s…”

Given that demeaning references to mothers sisters and wives are kosher in the Australian sledging lexicon, this may be considered legit.

By: 10yearslate

10yearslate — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:34:21 +0000

Sorry to lower the tone of this learned blog, however I came across this hypothesis which sounds quite credible.

Bhajji actually told Symmo “Abe teri maa(n) ki..”

And Symmo drew the monkey conclusion.

By: theblackirishman

theblackirishman — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:14:49 +0000

Compliments on a well written article!
I share your mixed optimism about the next-G. There is optimism & confidence but I am ot so sure about the base it is built on.
Then again, playing oz in oz requires not just cricketing skills but preparation & management which in my view is beyond the capabilities of the present Indian cricketing establishment. Until that changes the long suffering Indian fan will have to settle for the odd bit of heroism, close losses, draws et al….