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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by orblivion on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:45AM (#29380428)
And IIRC Hindi is supposed to do that but it doesn't always work out in the south (local nationalism among other things?).
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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by bettysdiagnose on Monday November 29, 2021 @04:44PM (#29385669)
Well Hindi is just as alien linguistically to the south as English is. English and Hindi have more in common with each other. I guess English is a neutral second langauge.
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Re:The origins of ‘horn ok please,’ India’s most ubiquitous ... by Arnavion on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @01:45AM (#29389608)
It's not even a North vs South thing. The so-called Hindi belt is a tiny part of North India, and even then plenty of people that live in it don't speak it.
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