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I didn't think the cow was Holy, am I right? People don't eat them because they are valuable, not because of the spiritual side?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I didn't think the cow was Holy, am I right?
I don't know for sure but one of the gods (Siva) has a cow (Nandi) that he uses as his ride. Nandi is considered as some sort of semi-god too, so that kinda makes all cows holy.
Dalek Dave wrote:
People don't eat them because they are valuable, not because of the spiritual side?
No, it's for religious reasons mostly. Except in Kerala, Goa and maybe West Bengal.
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Actually, some of those derivations can be traced back to the 16th century, like "do the needful".
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Dave KreskowiakYeah, I guess so :-)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I know what a pound of sausages is, or how tall 6'1" is, but f*** knows what a 1.2 kilo of sugar looks like.
Agreed. I have no instincts when it comes to metric measurements, especially (kilo)grams.
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That speaks to the quality of your education/your ability to remember what you learned. Just from US HS science classes I learned that ability. :rolleyes:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
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Actually, some of those derivations can be traced back to the 16th century, like "do the needful".
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Dave KreskowiakDave Kreskowiak wrote:
like "do the needful".
In some official mails (in the US), I still see people use, "please do the required" but this is mostly from HR/Admin staff. So maybe it comes from legal usage.
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I have been guilty of that. It took ages to learn how badly you treat your verbs. I would say "I am going to work", but in German it would be "I am to work going". You lot don't deserve to have any Verbs if that is how you are going to treat them! :)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I would say "I am going to work", but in German it would be "I am to work going".
Assuming you mean to say that you are on your way to work (instead of saying you soon intend to start working) it would be "Ich gehe zur Arbeit", translating litterally to "I go (= walk) to work". Driving would be a little different: "Ich fahre zur Arbeit". Both are the present tense. The future tense is what you mean: "Ich werde zur Arbeit gehen" -> "I will to work go". Here the verb winds up at the end of the sentence. Sounds almost like Yoda :)
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That speaks to the quality of your education/your ability to remember what you learned. Just from US HS science classes I learned that ability. :rolleyes:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
I remember most of the conversions, so if I wanted to I could approximate things fairly well after calculating it in my head, but as far as instincts go, the imperial system comes much more naturally to me.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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The vast majority was in English, that probably counts for something?
You sure managed to get an active thread going. Good job there! :thumbsup:
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Most people in the US will be Spanish Speakers within a few years. You have even changed your National Anthem... "Jose, Can you see..."
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Most people in the US will be Spanish Speakers within a few years.
Not by choice, and also not because any US citizens are changing languages.
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To be fair, I like synchronised swimming. The sight of a bunch of wet pudenda rising slowly from the depths in unison is quite exhilarating!
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Chris Quinn wrote:
As Nish has said, many Indians are Muslim, but he probably also used beef dripping so he didn't miss out on offending the Hindus as well!
Pro tip - How to offend all of India (Muslims and Hindus) : serve them bacon wrapped sirloin! :rolleyes:
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Pro tip - How to offend all of India (Muslims and Hindus) : serve them bacon wrapped sirloin the most delicious thing in the world!
FTFY!
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You sure managed to get an active thread going. Good job there! :thumbsup:
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You managed it very well almost alone. I was all geared up for war!
Too much of heaven can bring you underground Heaven can always turn around Too much of heaven, our life is all hell bound Heaven, the kill that makes no sound
Heh :-)
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â±£ompey wrote:
Although their interest ability in Cricket has nose-dived over the last two weeks for some reason.
ftfy
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Indeed. Some cultures have have not yet hit rock bottom.
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I remember most of the conversions, so if I wanted to I could approximate things fairly well after calculating it in my head, but as far as instincts go, the imperial system comes much more naturally to me.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
Within the scale of a lab bench I can do metric at least as easily as the customary system.
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You sure managed to get an active thread going. Good job there! :thumbsup:
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Thank you Nish, I didn't think for a moment that it would have some many responses. Phew! :)
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Gregory.Gadow wrote:
It is really more of a creole
In my opinion, modern Indian-English is not a creole, but a cluster of dialects of English, some of which (now rarer) retain certain aspects of a 'pidgen' : a creole super-imposes an alien vocabulary, neologisms, and idioms, on a conserved native grammar: contemporary Indian-English[^], in all its fascinating varieties[^], is, grammatically, English, and it is English grammar that Indians learn. Yours obediently, in garam masala veritas, Bill
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The real sticking point I have with Canadians is the fact that they speak English, but measure distances in Kilometres, which as any fule kno, is quite unacceptable. Even our American Cousins haven't fallen so low as to use a system of measurements invented by post revolutionary unemployed hairdressers.
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My favourite are the tire centres around here. C'mon guys - one way or the other.
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To be fair I admire Aussies. You have Great Whites Sharks, Box Jellyfish, Black Widows, Salt Water Crocodiles, Blue Ring Octopus, The Brown Snake, Merv Hughes, etc... The Most Dangerous thing we have in this country are Socialists and the Irish. No wonder you lot have a different attitude.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
...Black Widows...
Faarrrrkkkkkkkk off, you take that back! That's Yankee that is, we have the Red Back which is about equivalent to the Yankee Spider thing you mentioned, but then we have the Funnel Web, the deadliest spider in the world.
Dalek Dave wrote:
...Merv Hughes, etc...
Now how the hell can you pay out on Merv when there is that complete wanker Warne that you could be paying out on.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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That seems to be talking about people that are sexually abused at a young age, I'm talking about you Poms that are shovelling butloads of kids out of very young teenagers. Happens everywhere but seems to be rife in Britain, showed a couple this week, him 29, her 30, daughter 14, grand daughter new born. If the link you provided went further in depth where they weren't talking about sexual abuse, I will still point out that you are pointing out a minority that may or may not have a reason to bitch and moan and fuck up like they have. I'm talking about generic british residents, if they are in the minority then why are my airwaves infested with multiple british programs showing fuckers that won't get a job, bludge off mum and dad and then decide to have kids of their own to make a living?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004