Paul wrote:
> I'm confused. Why should one be sorry to hear that McDonald's and KFC
> are fad in India?
(1) They don't serve food, but a dodgy version of fa****on.
(2) India has a cuisine to rival China, Japan, Persia and France. It's
disappointing that people in any of these places could be so
undiscriminating as to be attrracted to glitzy American junk.
(3) It's also disappointing that globalizification could take hold in a
civilisation with so much to be proud of.
>
> I'm sure you did know "the original language" is Hindi
I wasn't sure which- the commonly used "Subcontinental" languages in the
UK are Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati, though there are others.
> And should I address you as Sprocket or JS? How do you expand JS?
>
Jack Sprocket. Kindly Call Me God, or call me a taxi.
> I hadn't
> realised (my comp says I should spell it with a 'z' . Should I?)
Turn on UK English spellchecker, or stick to US. The choice is yours.
> that
> there is a version of the political map of India where half of Kashmir
> is shown as Pakistani territory. (Needless to say, this edition of
> the map is banned in India.)
Part of Kashmir IS Pakistani territory. Another bit is Chinese. You've
had several wars over it, largely the result of politicians failing to
notice the difference between 'it is' and 'I'd like it to be'. It might
be better off as an independent country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir#Current_status_and_political_divisions
JS
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