On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > It's a poverty thing. >> >> That makes sense... >> >> > I don't agree.
Europeans tend to talk about the weather, Indians talk about food. Enquiries about wellness are a separate class altogether: Kannada: Channagithira? Tamil: Nalla irrukingala? Soukyama? Telugu: Baagunnara? Bengali: Bhalo? Hindi: Sab kushal mangal hai? Sab teek? Kaise Ho? French: Comment ça va? English: How are you?
