Comments on Crossword Unclued: Wordplay On Regional Dialects

Thanks for reminding me Anokha, about the unanswer...

2009-07-19T20:27:24.617+05:30

Thanks for reminding me Anokha, about the unanswered clue.

Pretend to be a Banarasi supporter (5) FEIGN{~fan}

A Banarasi college-mate always wanted the 'feign' switched on in class, even during winters.

Anokha's set of clues is another example of typica...

2009-05-09T22:26:00.000+05:30

Anokha's set of clues is another example of typical Guj pronunciations. I have heard a lot of these snakes and holes from these friends in college.

Yeah except I was thinking of the second one other...

2009-05-09T21:59:00.000+05:30

Yeah except I was thinking of the second one other way round -

HOLE (~hall)

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SNACK{~snake} and HALL{~hole}, right? This is fu...

2009-05-09T21:27:00.000+05:30

SNACK{~snake} and HALL{~hole}, right?

This is fun!

Couple more Gujarati classics - 1) Bite a snake, ...

2009-05-09T21:21:00.000+05:30

Couple more Gujarati classics -

1) Bite a snake, as they say in Gujarat (5)

2) Reception area puts Gujarati in a difficulty (4)

This "original thinking" IS contagious - little self-deprecating humor instead of being politically incorrect!!!!!

Coming to think of it, even the one remaining [...

2009-05-09T16:03:00.000+05:30
Coming to think of it, even the one remaining [Pretend to be a Banarasi supporter (5)] can probably take 'Gujarati' than 'Banarasi' (So I gather from films. All the real-life Gujaratis I've come across have coincidentally not spoken with any trace of Gujarati accent.)

I wrote 'Banarasi' as I actually know people from that area/west UP tend to accent their vowels that way.

It's pretty common in Bihar too, raghunath. I am f...

2009-05-09T15:34:00.000+05:30
It's pretty common in Bihar too, raghunath. I am from Bihar myself, so that context came to me more readily.

Separate turn for work for one from Bihar (4) Tur...

2009-05-09T14:36:00.000+05:30
Separate turn for work for one from Bihar (4)
Turn for work = SHIFT,
for one from Bihar => SHIFT spoken in a Bihari accent = SIFT, which means 'separate'

This pronunciation is probably more suited to Gujaratis, who almost 99.99% times pronounce RAMESH as Rames, Suresh as Sures, should as sud etc! Apologies to my numerous Gujarati friends.

It is much simpler than that, Anokha. English word...

2009-05-09T13:51:00.000+05:30
It is much simpler than that, Anokha. English words all, just stressed differently.

Made advances, as a Bengali would? (5) WOOED {~would}

Nice work with JEEP, I wasn't expecting that to get solved so quickly!

Made advances, as a Bengali would? (5) KEMON (~ CA...

2009-05-09T10:36:00.000+05:30
Made advances, as a Bengali would? (5) KEMON (~ CAME ON)????

.... so it doesn't have to be English word!!!!!!

Archer, say, on the Kannadiga's side (6) WRITER (~...

2009-05-09T09:47:00.000+05:30
Archer, say, on the Kannadiga's side (6) WRITER (~RIGHTA)

Wicked!!!

It's on the fly, a Bihari's vehicle (4) JEEP (~ ZI...

2009-05-09T06:43:00.000+05:30
It's on the fly, a Bihari's vehicle (4) JEEP (~ ZIP)

Some original thinking here!

2009-05-09T06:42:00.000+05:30
Some original thinking here!