20 Things Bengalis Are Tired Of Hearing

    "AAMI TOMOKE BHOLO BHASHI."

    Shayan Roy
    by Shayan Roy

    BuzzFeed India Contributor

    1. "Oh, you're Bengali? AAMI TOMOKE BHOLO BHASHI."

    Warner Bros. Television

    That makes one of us.

    2. "Rosgoolla khabe?"

    3. "Speaking of which, your sweets are waaaay too sweet."

    4. "Hey, you're a Bengali, right? Sing me a Bengali song! Come on, do it!"

    Warner Bros. Television

    Sure thing. Slide a coin into my ass and turn my left ear clockwise three times.*

    *Please do not do this in real life.

    5. "You must be really good at playing guitar and writing poetry too, right?"

    Warner Bros. Television

    Some of us are, yes. But Bengalis are pretty BAMF in general, tbh. #HumbleBrag

    6. "Maach khabe?"

    7. "Speaking of which, how do you tolerate that smell of fish? It's so...smelly."

    Vladimir Arndt / Getty Images

    We have an exhaustive supply of clothespins.

    8. "Hey! You're both Bengali! Talk in Bengali na. Please, please. Just a little."

    Adult Swim

    Sure.

    Bengali 1: "Ei kuttar baccha ta ke dekh."

    Bengali 2: "Jaa taa bole shaala."

    Spectator: What a sweet language!

    9. "I don't get why you guys make such a big deal out of Durga Puja."

    10. "And what's up with all the ULULULULULULU?!"

    11. "You guys sure do pig out a lot during Durga Puja."

    NBC Studios

    Don't even go there.

    12. (To Bengali guys) "Wassup, Devdas?"

    Imaan Sheikh/ BuzzFeed/ SLB Films

    BRB, forgot my bottle of sharaab.

    13. (To Bengali girls) "Hello, Paro!"

    Imaan Sheikh/ BuzzFeed/ SLB Films

    Hey Devdas, pass some of that sharaab to me too, will you?

    14. "Why does everything you say sound like hosho, mosho, posho?"

    FX Productions

    I'm going to slap you. Fo sho.

    15. "Wait, how do you pronounce your name again?"

    Marvel Studios

    The exact same way I pronounced it the last 12 times.

    16. "So, if your name is Souvik, then why in the world is your nick-name Buntu?!?!"

    funnyjunk.com / Via giphy.com

    This is something we've been trying to answer for years, people. Give us some more time.

    17. "You're bong, right? So, do you really like bongs? Like...bongs bongs? Hehehe."

    20th Century Fox Television

    I'm Bengali, not unemployed.

    18. "These are pani puris. Why do you keep calling them poochka? Lol."

    Warner Bros. Animation

    If you've never had some poochka, my friend, the joke's on you.

    19. "Oh, you don't live in Kolkata? So you're not reaaaally Bengali, are you?"

    Touchstone Television

    You can take the Bengali out of Bengal, but good luck to you if you're trying to do the opposite.

    20. "Ah, well, I never liked Kolkata much anyway."

    Heel & Toe Films

    EESH.