Vardhini Shankar wrote: > > That kind of inconsiderate behaviour is quite common. And more common > amongst Hindi speakers. I see it at the work place all the time. And I > see the Chinese exhibit the same trait. >
the backcountry ones at least .. like the chinese from hong kong's huge hinterland (shenzhen and guangdong provinces in mainland china) who love to talk LOUDLY on expensive cellphones in a crowded train, their belt festooned with one or two more phones. Save for a year, take the train across to hong kong and blow their year's savings in one huge shopping binge. some of the more citi-fied indians - and chinese - wouldnt be caught dead speaking hindi / tamil / cantonese among each other, especially in front of a "firang" / "gweilo", the local language does tend to become a bit infra dig.
