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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by chris_st on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:36AM (#29380302)
Tried taking a picture of this, and using iOS 15's "Live Text" to recognize the characters and translate them. It translates this phrase as "Lightly believe tourists". Anyone care to comment on whether that's an accurate translation, and "lightly believe" is an idiom meaning "gullible"?
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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by monkpit on Monday November 29, 2021 @10:28AM (#29380925)
FYI: You can highlight text and use “translate” for a much simpler workflow on iOS.
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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by chris_st on Monday November 29, 2021 @11:30AM (#29381750)
Thanks! I was reading this on my computer, though; I did that, and chose Google Translate, and they translate it as "Gullible Tourist", so I think it's likely an idiom.
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