The Priceless Profs...

College life is meant to be fun. I'll be one of the first people to tell you that it isn't as much fun as people tell you it is! That said, my college has brought in some professors who initially made life so very awkward for us - today, they are the most hilarious people on Earth. This is about those people who make my day, everyday.

Being in Chennai, a lot of the conversing in colleges and schools is done in Tamil. Some of the English that is spoken will make people who know the language forget every single word of it. Some of the English that is spoken though can make us laugh so loud that we would cry laughing! The first day this professor walked in and he said - "You peoples must learn imbortance of commnication because it will help in the cambus intrview". That is roughly what he said - given the content, it was even funnier. Then he said "Don't expect me to talk properly, I only know Butler English". Butlers in this context I guess meant Indian butlers, at least I hope it meant that.

He is so funny at times that I cannot even believe the fact that he did a post graduation in Mathematics. Here's another funny thing he said a few days ago to my friend who is the class representative. He was in charge of collecting assignments on a Monday. I'm guessing the prof. wanted to tell him that his presence was indispensable on that day. He said - "On Monday, you be here or don't be here..... you have to be here!" On another day we had a test, he wanted us to staple the papers together and for this he said "Please make the papers stabling and give it" That was ultimately funny, at least to those who know syntax and English vocabulary! He also refers to time pass as "dimebaussing" and often says "Don't come here for dimebaussing".

When he teaches, he does a good Bharatnatyam performance - because that is how much his hands move when he explains. Occasionally he moves his entire body to synchronize the movements with his hand. Whenever I ask him a question in English, he always says "Ah...?" He never gets me! He also always comes up with nicknames.. pretty much like Sawyer used to do in Lost, although this is quite a different "genre" of nicknames. He once called a guy who is pretty fat, "Potato Boy". Another time, when a guy was talking when he was, he said "When I talk, you no middle middle talk, ok?” This was obviously met with all of our laughter when he said "Butler English!”

If this wasn't enough there was another professor who said something which made me laugh my heart out. Unfortunately it might not be as funny when I write it but still - he said, "I went to Bangalore.... and saw ladies conductor (bus) - I astonished!", then reiterating his astonishment he said again "I.....Astonished!" I never quite knew how an insignificant word, 'was' could make to a sentence!

I joined college almost a year ago and I never thought that I would come across such characters. They honestly make us laugh everyday and that is not an exaggeration. Hopefully they will make more people laugh in their classes and make their days in college, like they have done for me!