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Tuesday, July 26, 2005

whats in a name?- Part II

To read Part I, click here

  • I get a call from the reception, informing me that i had a visitor...so i go down four floors to the reception, all the while pondering...what happened??who could it be??? and thinking of the wort case scenarios and fearing it shouldn't be true!!! ...also the optimist in me expecting a sweet surprise...... but what do i see when i reach the reception?? It is the visitor for another person who has the same name as me.....Aaaaaarrrgh!!
  • I get a mail asking me to preside over a meeting, as i am in an elation that a fresher like me gets to do that...wow!!!!...my hopes come crashing down , when i go through the enire mail, only to figure that the actual recipient had the same first name as me.....Aaaarrrgh!!!
  • "Gayathri....which Gayathri???" some one would ask....."oh! not her...the other one, the intelligent one!!!!"-would be the reply......Aaaarrrgh!!!

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

The intelligent one-more than you-cough cough

monu said...

@vasanthi
me going blush-blush
:))

Anonymous said...

The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.
Modesty
La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

monu said...

@tamilan
:))

ada-paavi!!!! said...

cycle gapilla ur sayin ur arivali,
nalla illai,

aduku than enna madri unique peru vechikanam,some unique names can be a headache, like madhusudhunan, which is shortened to madhu, which in tamil means alcohol, adu nala avana nangal ellam quarter-boy no college illa kupiduvom!

csy0182 said...

and u have one more to deal with...

monu said...

@vatsan
my sis is called madhu at home too..she had a similar kind of scenario...
LOL
naan arivaali illa nu thaana sollaren..nee yen appadi purinjunda?

@sanjiv
yep..that was the cause for confusion for the day!!

ada-paavi!!!! said...

chumma, adu teriyum annal, arivali illai no sollera ellorum arivali than, arivali no sonna makkal kannu vechidovangol.

ur sister is called alcohol at home? very funny.

csy0182 said...

tell me it was a pleasant surprise until u realised whom he was there for....

monu said...

@vatsan
it was short form for "madhuvanthi"-the raaga that lord ganesha is fond of, as sis was born on vinayagar chathurthi..official name is different..madhu at home
:)

monu said...

@sanjiv
i think it was a guy from a mobile company or something..he had a form......

:)

ioiio said...

neeyellaam arivaaali illa'nnaaa naaanga ellaaam enga poaradhu

monu said...

@ioiio
vera enga?
US of A thaan...
LOL
en kooda naalu varusham padichittum unakku theriyalayaa??
the other gayathri was obviously so much more intelligent...
:)
nee innum thoongalaiyaa??illa got up after sleep aa?

Adaengappa !! said...

@Monu..

Satya observed Sivaratiri nu ninaikaren..

Intha peru perchanai..oru periya imsai..Inge whenever they call me by my last name,i think they call my dad...

Idhu IOIIO'S confusion comment in one of my blogs..

"
At June 15, 2005, ioiio said...

vaa raasaa vaa..I m waiting for a chance..En bloglaya enna kalaikkareengalaa..Wait n see..

But gotto accept this.. Nice effort.. U've got something I lack bigtime.. Perseverance!!!

At June 15, 2005, ioiio said...

sorry prabhu.. thought this is prabhu kartik's blog..Take back the first para"
.......................................

monu said...

@adengappa
my cousin told me the same thing too.....when they calling out for him, he thought it was for his dad....here it is first name confusion......
:)

yes, i remember seeing that one!
:))

GS said...

unakkum ma ... In school, in college, luckily not in my office, there was always another "Gayathri".

Ippo Blog layum :)

monu said...

@gayathri
ellaam vidhi
:))

johnny boy said...

Tell me about the importance of names !!! You know what, my dad and I share the same name ok. Don ask me how and all, it just happened...
So here are some funny phone conversations...

Conversation1:
Friend: Hello, can i speak to John please?
Dad: Yes, John speaking
Friend: Dei Machan, enna da panre nee? Seriyaana imsay da unn kittey..
Dad: Just hold on, I'll give it to my son
friend: (mounam pesiyadhey) :))

Conversation 2:
Speaker: can i talk to Mr. John please?
Me: (Obv happy that ppl refer to me as Mr. ) yes John speaking
Speaker: Sir, the accounts for last years transactions have been filed. Now what do we do with the remaining chargable assets?
Me: Just a sec, i'll give it to my dad.

monu said...

@john
also to be added
ME:!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:))

actually in our house, my sis is named after my grany, thats y we call her with a different name
:))