H- "Hech "?, "Eych "? English is a phunny language

 #debsaristories #haigarmi #Englishisaphunnylanguage "H"= 'Ech'?, 'Hech'? It's burning hot outside and I sweating in the saree.. look at the Sunflower. Reminds me of the "Murjhaya phool" poem I read in childhood. Also it made me wonder Sunflower loves the Sun and always looks up to it for its life, but the same Sun when goes hard on it, it kills its own life. Such is the irony of Nature. Anyways! English Alphabets "H"= 'Ech'?, 'Hech'? Ok. I never grew up listening to Baby Einstein 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ and all my childhood I used to pronounce H as "Hech". Remember the ABCD rhyme? I would sing "Hech Eye Jay Kay Ele-me-no-pi". Right? Ab mujhe kya pata Hech kab Ech ban gaya? Socho Hech mein "Hh" silent. Aisa kaun karta hai bhai ??? So how do you pronounce Happy bday.. "appy bday" and Halloween as "Allwyn". Anyways.

 In last two years this gave me more trouble and so much so that every time I used to say Hech my boss would sneeze.🤣 and say.. tumhare అండర్ কি chennai baahar aa rahi hai. In good spirit and intentions of course. My team is very caring and watches out for me. They would rather watch my back than being made fun by outsiders! So from then on my "Hech" training started... and then it became "Ech" and now I do the slang with "Eych" even if woken from sleep. It's really hard to adjust to a language and be able to speak as intended. This isn't because it English. In my syllabus all languages are equal and I am picky about pronunciation in whichever language I speak.. be it hindi bengali telugu tamizh or even English. That also goes to calling people names... no no not the bad way.. many people cut short their names to make it easy for others. Ashish becomes Ash, Pradeep is Mr. P (yeah Right ?) Kalpana became Kal (pronounced kayl and I would wonder why becomes Kalpana isn't tough to pronounce imho)... Saravanan became Sarav .. endless list. Huh. Oh by the way I am called Shaleeeni. I correct their typo and autocorrect every time just for fun.😝 I don't cut short my name. I don't want to be called Shalini, Shal, Shali or Saali nothing. It's Shalini... with an "Eych" in it😝🥰