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When one speaks in a tongue other than one's mother tongue, more often than not, fun ensues. I have made similar gaffes when speaking or rather trying to speak in Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Panjabi, Tamil, Russian or French. When the "step-mother tongue speaker" does not understand my 'murder' of his language, I wonder how backward the chap is. Bongs are no exception to the rule.
 
People often get confused with their poor Hindi accent, but actually they do it intentionally. It’s like they can speak Hindi- our national language, but they won’t due to the reasons well known to them.


Only Bongs have raised their voice for Bhasha Andolan yet in this article I will prove that these so called nationalists are potential Hindi speakers. Check out these observations and decide yourself:

1. A taxi driver feels retreated to his native place after listening Bong Hindi

Even you can’t deny from this fact! Bong Hindi is capable enough to disturb the environmental peace which makes catastrophe a watchword. I have an avid Bong friend who pretends herself as the crusader of her mothertoungue and thus keep a distance from Hindi. But once, I had noticed her efficiency in Hindi while she was guiding a taxi driver from Bihar. She spoke Hindi so efficiently that he must have fled to his native place cursing her Bengali origin.

2. Funny quarrels that become your source of entertainment

‘Jhogra’ (quarrels) is an integral part of Bongs. The best can be the one on one of a Marwari with Bong on any pretty issue. Their ‘jhogda’ will make you forget about harmonious and peaceful ‘sabha’ of crows. Feud between a Marwari and Bong is like lifting a feather with stone. You can see small issues achieving great heights in their feud without understanding the actual point. And the fight is endless…Just imagine a Bong is putting his point in Hindi like ‘Hum tumko bola tha amar area te dustbin nahi phekneka’ and the poor Marwari who is unable to understand the Bong accented Hindi makes fruitless attempt to prove his point.

3. They make Non-Bengali’s proud of their accent

You can see that most complex zone of life is Linguistics. So when a Bong attempts to speak with a Non Bengali, say Marwari, they make them feel proud of their grammar and accent in Hindi. And no wonder this can make a Marwari dream about teaching Hindi to para bongs!!

Some more other interesting facts about Bongs are waiting for you in the next part of this article. Keep checking this space…

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