Hindi at the dentist

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  1. Bill Highsmith

    Bill Highsmith New Member

    Did you hear about the Hindi who refused his dentist's Novocain during root canal work?

    He wanted to transcend dental medication.
     
  2. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    The Dalai Lama visits New York for the first time. He walks up to a hot dog vendor and says....."Make me one with everthing."

    Part Two:

    The vendor fixes the hot dog and hands it over. The Dalai Lama gives him a $20 bill, which the vendor pockets.

    "What about change?" said the Dalai Lama.

    The vendor responded, "Change must come from within!"
     
  3. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

  4. manjuap

    manjuap New Member

    What do you mean by Hindi here? Hindi is a language.
     
  5. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    Well, that's what happens when you urdu a joke over the internet.
     
  6. manjuap

    manjuap New Member

    Oh its in hingilish
     
  7. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    Parsicely!
     
  8. Bill Highsmith

    Bill Highsmith New Member

    Re: Re: Hindi at the dentist

    Why are you asking me? You are the one who said, "What do you mean by Hindi here?" Oh...now I get it; perhaps you meant there. Here and there are similar words; I can understand how you might confuse them.

    Let viteliu something: I saw reference to a "Hindi Guru," and it sounded plausible; afterall, English can refer to a language, a person, and spin on a billiards ball. Alas, "Hindi Guru" turns out to be a Hindi language tutorial on CDROM. It sounds like a good program; achaemenid to you.
     
  9. manjuap

    manjuap New Member

    Re: Re: Re: Hindi at the dentist

    You cannot refer Hindi to a person or a group of people. “Hindu” is the right word.
    “Guru” means a teacher or an expert so the name on the CD-ROM refers to a Hindi language teacher - Hindi Guru.
     
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  10. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Hindi at the dentist

    This reminds me that I really enjoy East Indian food and our only restaurant closed. Ahh the explosion of flavors and a little Indian tea to wash it down.

    North
     
  11. Tom Head

    Tom Head New Member

    (Manjunath's right; "Hindi" is the language, "Hindu" is the religious tradition. An old friend of Indian origin was sometimes asked if he "spoke Hindu," to which he always responded "Yes! I also speak Christian, Buddhist, and several other religions.")


    Cheers,
     
  12. Bill Highsmith

    Bill Highsmith New Member

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Hindi at the dentist

    That is exactly what I implied. Alas (look up alas), I guess my humor was MIA.

    Hindu was the right word.

    Hindi was the incorrect word.

    Commercial language made it appear that Hindi was correct in certain contexts, but alas, I discovered that I was wrong (and you were right).

    Please don't mention it more than four or five more times.
     
  13. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hindi at the dentist

    Culinary "shock and awe"
     
  14. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    I understand that the name Bombay has been changed to Mumbai. So, if one were in India, and fraudulently using a mill degree in one's resume, would it be a time bomb or a time mumb?
     

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