ss wrote, [on 5/3/2008 10:23 AM]:
Of course they do. That was my intention. Yet another example of irony
over ASCII being a lossy protocol.
Sorry. I don't understand the point of this exchange.
OK. Per the below quoted message, you made a claim that there is a trend
of Chinese learning Hindi, and a further claim that there is no such
trend in the opposite direction (i.e, Indians learning Hakka or Mandarin
or whatever). You gave an example of "Someone wrote about it in the
press recently - a Chinese immigration officer welcoming a tourist in
Hindi" in order to support the first claim.
I was attempting to point out that a single hearsay example doesn't
constitute evidence of a trend. Looks like the means I chose to do so
(i.e, "Look! I can give single examples as well. So?") didn't travel
very well. And like a joke that has to be explained, looks rather flat now.
Udhay
Udhay Shankar N wrote, [on 5/2/2008 8:46 PM]:
> ss wrote, [on 5/2/2008 8:35 PM]:
>
>> For years - for many decades, Indians have been surprised by Chinese
>> speaking to them in fluent Hindi. Someone wrote about it in the press
>> recently - a Chinese immigration officer welcoming a tourist in Hindi.
>>
>> But the opposite is not happening to a very great extent - i.e.
>> Indians learning Chinese.
>
> There's always a problem with generalizing from a small sample[1].
>
> Udhay
>
> [1] http://www.jehangirpocha.com/ - note that this is out of date,
> Jehangir has moved back to India to become the Chief editor for Business
> World.
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