Procrastination by any other name...

[linaewen]

... would mean "to apply lateness."

On a whim, I asked my hubby how one says "procrastinate" in Urdu -- and laughed when he said, "there is no such thing."  I believe he was referring to the Eastern custom of not being locked into time as we know it here in the West -- what gets done, gets done, if nothing more important interferes in the meantime.  ;-)

However, I decided to look it up anyway in my English to Urdu dictionary, and found the following ways of saying it:

daayr lagana -- to apply lateness

aaj kal karna -- to do "nowadays" (aaj means today, kal means both tomorrow and yesterday, so aaj kal means these days or nowadays)

Urdu can be soooo appropriate sometimes!  :-D

The reason I bring this up about applying lateness, is that I am going to stop doing it today and instead I shall do the opposite -- dil lagana -- apply my heart to getting things done I have been ignoring.  It all comes back to the List of Doom, doesn't it?  Well, it shall not defeat me today.

I shall look in at intervals when my dil gets tired of applying itself, and needs a break.  ;-)

Hoping for a pleasant and productive day for all my friends!

Comments

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

So what's the Urdu for "the hurrier I go, the behinder I get"? ;-)
I like those phrases, though; it seems like they were phrases they had to contrive for people who don't do things the way they do them.

[estellye.livejournal.com]

The more I hear of Urdu the more I am convinced English is a random arrangement of letters that make little sense and have no inherent poetry. I love when we get Urdu lessons! ((((Lin)))) Best of luck with the LoD!

[(Anonymous)]

I adore The Trouble With Tribbles!! And what a great choice for you entry today. LOL! Oooooo I do hope the house works out, and fortunately God is in control, so the best will happen, since you seem to have done all you can do. Thailand has a much more laid back way of life as well. So I take it that you never had to use the terms the whole time you lived in Pakistan, which would suggest that the problem is not YOU but living in the US. ;-D I hope your dil was able to hold out for the most important things. ~~ LHB