An introduction to the friendly (or not so friendly) horn in your average developing country.
"Toot!" - Hello, I am acknowledging your presence and just letting you know that I have seen you. Also, if you have not yet seen me, I am here.
"TootToot" - Hello, I acknowledge your acknowledgement and am thanking you for the courtesy you afforded me.
"TootTootToot" - No worries, how ARE the wife and kids? Its been so long since little Subas has been to visit.
"BIP!" - Excuse me, I'm coming through.
"BIPbipBIPbipBIPbipBIPbipBIP" - Sorry, my child appears to have taken over control of the steering wheel and is playing with its horn.
"BAAARRRRP!" - You ^*%(^#(* idiot, you're in my way and I almost died trying to miss [hit] you.
"BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRWWWWnnnnnnnnnnnn" - I'M COMING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT AN INCREDIBLY FAST SPEED and now i'm gooooooooooooonnnnnnnne"
"DOOTDOODOODLE IDDLYPOP!" [to the tune of A Spoonful of Sugar] - I have too much time on my hands and I have tinkered with my horn (i mean, the one on my my truck) to annoy the living hell out of you!
"DIDDLE-IIIIIDLE-DIDDLE-IIIIIDLE-DIDDLE-IIIIIDLE" - sorry, I think its stuck.
"FFFFNOOOOOOOOORRRRRRHNNNNNN" - Maybe I can make this traffic jam move faster by blowing my horn.
"NGAK NGAK NGAK NGAK" - look at me I have a horn on my rickshaw that sounds like a DUCK [angry mob] "so, if she weighs more than a duck...she's a witch? and therefore? BURN HER!".
"Briiiiiiiing" - I am at the bottom of the food chain and I only have a crappy little bell - ummm... excuse me.
2 comments:
I think you have managed to capture the horn quite nicely! I think the Chinese must have been talking with the Nepalese... :)
haah! that is hands down the most interesting take on all the horn-honking i have ever heard. i really enjoyed how you typed them all out phonetically. well done.
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