" The Saj"

If there are rabbit holes on Gransnet, I think I may have fallen down one.....

Or are we mushrooms, Day6?

Kept in the dark and fed on nice organic material (or whatever)

But I can't for the life of me say his name.
Try saying it with a Bristol accent, Gonegirl, it's much easier.

I don't know what the problem is with this thread. I think it's interesting.

I don't know what a Bristol accent sounds like.

Listen to Stephen Merchant!

Still waiting for petra to tell me why I am dim.......

I agree it is a bit of a tongue-twister Gonegirl

The only way I can say it is by breaking it down into four parts, and then I have to say each part slowly or it can roll into Jaggid Savvid or Saggidge Javis. My brain does a "red lorry, yellow lorry" thing with it.

Saj Id Jav Id

and it sounds like

Sadge-id Javvidd when I say it. Slowly.

Impressive use of 4 syllables. Thank God he's not from Sri Lanka.

Callistemon, yes, mushrooms.

And you are very polite about the 'nice organic material. Or whatever.'

is the clue to me alleged thickness in the word " glance" petra?

Ok , let me just say I am a native Punjabi speaker.

During Partition the Punjab was divided between India and Pakistan and I have friends whose families come from Pakistani Punjab who see themselves as 'Punjabi', I also know of people whose origins are in Indian Punjab who also see themselves as 'Punjabi'.

Sajid Javed's father was probably called 'Mr Din Raat ' which if translated literally means ' Mr Day Night' but 'Din Raat' is a phrase often used to denote some continuous event i.e.the 'and' is missed out. Mr Javid Senior probably worked a lot of overtime to make sure his children got a good start in life. My father did too.

Thank you and how very interesting. It makes much more sense now.

We ( well I ) forget partition was so recent.

Thank you, Niobe for your informative post! ?