English, as they say, is a funny language and it gets funnier in India. A couple of days back I was in the "Subway" for my favorite veggie salad. I was happily munching on it when 2 teenage girls walked by for a veggie sandwich. As usual, the guy at the counter asked them about their choice of vegetables.

Now, these girls wanted all the veggies but in small portions. So they started saying "less....less....more less....more less". It was all I could do not to laugh at the bewildered expression on the face of the guy behind the counter as he struggled to understand whether the girls meant "more" or "less" - without realizing that what they really meant was "lesser" :-)