His inclination towards adopting an expression that he’s probably heard when abroad and making a totally bastardized version of the same has had me in splits every time he has asked me this question.
In fact, I’ve upped the ante by giving a straight faced reply, saying – “My things are fine, how are your things?“.
I am sometimes led to wonder as to whether this guy was one of the translators for Zero Wing, and the inclusion of “How are the things?” into modern day pop culture references of bad grammatical errors in the lines of Engrish would do ample justice to the absolute mayhem that this statement could cause were it to fall into the hands of those capable of propagating it all across the world.
I have no qualms about poking fun at this particular person for multiple reasons, including his ability to put Harvey Dent to shame.
I was told that “McDA”’s line “I am lovin’ it” is actually a take on a common mistake Indians make like : “I am thinking of …” and many more examples. Anyways it has captured the Indian ethos very well.
But Samsung’s line in its line of advertisements “Next is what?” is somewhat jarring to the ears and actually the overall thing looks silly.
agreement! But maybe those that are all for putting jai to grammar would revel in such moronic transgressions.