We’ve got a bunch and the ones that annoy the weans, like calling Jalapeños Jalpaneros in public, are our favourites.

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      This is hilarious. Movies are called ‘fillum’ in India as well. It’s practically a word in Hindi.

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        Gujarati too. All my rellies who grew up in India say fillum. After dating an Irishman for more years than I care to remember, it’s funny how much Indians and Irish have in common (we keep the plastic on everything too).

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          Interestingly, in southern India (below Maharashtra & MP) they’re called ‘fillim’ .

          “the plastic on everything” is too real. Do they also store away plastic bags in one plastic bag and stuff that bag behind some door?

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            Yeah, we have a bag of bags lol In fact I have some old bags under my mattress! I don’t really use them anymore since I moved to reusables.

            One thing I don’t think the Irish do is keep a suitcase of fabric under the bed/on top of a wardrobe.

            There was a good sketch about it on Goodness Gracious Me, the “Bharrat Homes” one. Too true!

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      Just drapped the weans aff to see that Barbie filum!

      I’ve always loved how we call it the pictures!

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        We used to call it the pictures when I was growing up in County Durham too. I still do sometimes but with an aggressively exaggerated accent so it becomes more like “pick-chaz”.