On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Charles Haynes <[email protected]> wrote:
>> A jugaad is rather more interesting. Take a water pump's engine, fix it to >> a horse cart, rig up some crude gears, drive shaft and steering and you got >> yourself a very cheap truck. > > How is "jugaad" different from the original jargon meaning of "hack?" One one sense, you're right. The way I heard it, the very cheap truck/vehicle Suresh is referring to above was actually called a "jugaad" and the generic usage of the word for any hack of this nature came later. Any modern-day Hobsons or Jobsons care to confirm this? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
