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In Urdu, the word for umbrella is “PuhGree”. The word for breast is “PahGree”.

Be very confident in your pronunciation if you ever offer to hold a woman’s umbrella.

If you find yourself in Pakistan or India.


268 posted on 07/18/2019 5:42:45 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: KitJ

When I was in college I went to Taiwan for a month for language studies. One of our escorts asked why we kept calling our professor old goat.

Laoshi means professor

but with different intonation

Lao She means old goat.

Usually he was a strict taskmaster on tones.

We asked the professor and he never corrected our tones for that one phrase because he got a kick out of it.


299 posted on 07/18/2019 6:16:11 PM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: KitJ

“If you find yourself in Pakistan or India.”

or Biden’s 7-11


439 posted on 07/18/2019 10:43:19 PM PDT by bitt (US intel is there to protect the safety and security of Americans. It is not a political tool.)
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