----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:58 AM Subject: RE: SCOUTED: Case of Foot-in-Mouth Disease Found in New York Senator
> --- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm. Is it slang for Gujaratis? > > > > Jon > > Oooh, well done :-) Got it in one. I will claim > partial credit in that you didn't _know_, you had to > figure it out :-) Tying in several parts of this thread, I saw this study while referencing Gunjaratis www.isnie.org/ISNIE02/Papers02/kalnins.pdf - Our empirical setting is the lodging industry in Texas. Within this industry, we study one specific ethnically based group: hotel owners who are immigrants from the Indian state of Gujarat. Gujaratis currently play an important role in this industry - as a group they own a significant percent of non-luxury hotels in the United States. In Texas in 1999, Gujaratis owned 35% of independent hotels and over 50% of motels unaffiliated with national chains. Further, they owned over 50% of properties affiliated with Days Inn, Econolodge, Comfort Inn, and Super Eight. He doesn't discuss gas stations, but the same sorta thing does apply there. Indeed, when I saw "run a gas station" in the joke, I was not thinking of a $6.00/hour worker, but either the manager or the manager/owner...because clerks don't "run" the business. Dan M. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
