Sabu
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06 Feb 2010, 1:32 pm
haha very funny... But seriously where are you from.
If I say honestly - I did not understood your reply
, I thought it to be funny. I am very bad at understanding intentions. You can call me dumb, if you like. Thats why i write these type of precautionary lines as I am very bad at expressing as well.
Please elaborate...
the elephant has come to say Hi!! ! And that elephant was me 
06 Feb 2010, 2:26 pm
No worries I'm just playn' with ya.
I'm from the land of the poor aka...the U.S...
Sabu
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06 Feb 2010, 3:09 pm
I'm from the land of the poor aka...the U.S...
U.S. poor??????? GDP=$14.2 Trillion US dollars. You call that poor how generous of you
What do you do, MissConstrue? BTW whats your real name?
06 Feb 2010, 3:32 pm
I have a feeling the U.S. is headed that direction anyway....
My name's Alice and I work in a clothing factory.. 
EDIT:
M'kay it's a department store..
06 Feb 2010, 11:07 pm
Sabu
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07 Feb 2010, 4:01 am
The places I have lived there are Assam, Mussoorie, and also Hyderabad (actually Secunderabad) for just a year.
Hi Andy.... Welcome to WP
08 Feb 2010, 2:47 am
08 Feb 2010, 3:11 am
One thing that got me in trouble at times, after I moved to the USA at the age of 16, was a certain conversation pattern that I grew up with in India, that did not work here.
In India, I could make what sounded like a statement, then just by adding one word at the end, make it into a question. Even a long statement could be followed with a "right?", "eh?" or "na?", that made the whole thing into a question. Here in the USA, by the time you get to the end of a "statement", it's too late to turn it into a question. It must be identified as a question first. It took me many years to break this habit that in India made conversation easier, but in the USA caused some miscommunications that were not fixable 
Sabu
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08 Feb 2010, 3:46 am
In India, I could make what sounded like a statement, then just by adding one word at the end, make it into a question. Even a long statement could be followed with a "right?", "eh?" or "na?", that made the whole thing into a question. Here in the USA, by the time you get to the end of a "statement", it's too late to turn it into a question. It must be identified as a question first. It took me many years to break this habit that in India made conversation easier, but in the USA caused some miscommunications that were not fixable
I suppose its because of differences in the way one thinks. Right?
Most people in India don't have english as a primary language, they tend to think in their mother tongue and directly translate it into english. e.g.
In hindi I would think "Ye baarish ka mausam hai. haina?" now that becomes a question. Direct translation "This is rainy season, right?"
instead of "Is it rainy season?".
And most time it is done to take an opinion on a topic you already know or maybe trying to be oversmart ( I said it you confirm it ).
Now I am not a linguistic so can't say it is a right example or not but that was the best I could think of at this moment.
Sabu
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08 Feb 2010, 3:54 am
My name's Alice and I work in a clothing factory..
EDIT:
M'kay it's a department store..
Alice, You seem to be confused between a clothing factory and a department store
08 Feb 2010, 4:45 am
Most people in India don't have english as a primary language, they tend to think in their mother tongue and directly translate it into english. e.g.
In hindi I would think "Ye baarish ka mausam hai. haina?" now that becomes a question. Direct translation "This is rainy season, right?"
instead of "Is it rainy season?". And most time it is done to take an opinion on a topic you already know or maybe trying to be oversmart ( I said it you confirm it ).
That makes a lot of sense, right on Sabu
. I also got that from Canadian friends there, who use the "eh" (go Canada ). I have a hard enough time expressing myself and the adjustment to another culture made it harder.
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