Saturday, November 14, 2009

An advantages of learning the language of the natives

An advantage of learning the language of the natives:

"'“It wasn’t necessary to learn Hindi to get by in Delhi. But the more we learned, the richer the experience became, because the more we could decipher the country around us. Once we learned that dil translated to ‘heart’, we understood about half of the Bollywood titles that came out; and once we learned a few curse words, I understood what my drivers were saying about me on their mobiles as they took me to work. (I would imagine they used ‘choothia‘ to mean ‘heck of a guy’ like Michael Jackson used ‘bad’ to mean ‘good’.)”'

http://ourdelhistruggle.com/2009/11/14/the-book-kicking-into-high-gear/"

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