Wednesday, 22 December 2004
Fiji Continued
Got some interesting feedback from people on the Fiji pictures. My friend of mine who's a marine biologist said:
"if i had nuts, i would have busted one when i saw the aerial pic of the resort from the top of the big rock behind it. good reefs much?! my marine biologist neurons were firing at warp speed. i also got a good chuckle out of your surprise that the lobsters have no chelae (claws) because i grew up on the florida lobster, a species that also has no claws (looks just like the fijian one). so i've always thought it's weird that maine lobsters have those big honkers."
And my buddy Sajit gave me these words of warning:
BTW, "BULLA" in Hindi coloquial means PENIS, so I'm warning you so that you dont get bashed up if you call some one "BULLA" in India.
That's even more interesting considering the sizeable Indian population in Fiji. I bet that's caused a fair amount of snickering over the years.
And thus concludes your lesson for today. Not all lobsters have claws, and the Fijian word for "Hello" means something quite different in Hindi.
Posted by flow Frazao on December 22, 2004 at 02:49 AM in Fiji | Permalink
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