Perils of being proudly semi-literate in Bengalee

Shyamal is tickled pink by this true story, circa 1965:


Dangerous indeed is half-knowledge:
Nudging in Calcutta's surge-surge-surge
Pining for the plush airport at Dum-Dum
Double words on buses being very very seldom
Semi-literacy led us to the sludgy Budge-Budge!