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23 Dec 2016, 1:28 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
The OP is not from an english-speaking country, so probably it was just a literal translation of an Indian term.


India is an English speaking nation. In fact their grammar and diction is better than many English nationals.

Sure not everyone speaks it, but it is still a major language. As much, if not more so than French in Lebanon.



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23 Dec 2016, 4:47 pm

0_equals_true wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
The OP is not from an english-speaking country, so probably it was just a literal translation of an Indian term.


India is an English speaking nation. In fact their grammar and diction is better than many English nationals.

Sure not everyone speaks it, but it is still a major language. As much, if not more so than French in Lebanon.


The French language is being in constant decline in Lebanon in the last decade, English schools/colleges are taking over.



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23 Dec 2016, 5:45 pm

Well the term 'child woman' was used in my context by someone Greek, when i was in Berlin, attending a film festival. So, an European. So no, its not a literal translation of an Indian word. There is no word in hindi with the same connotation. And he said this before we hooked up. Ive been called 'naive' by someone from Hong Kong. And 'wild child' by someone Indian. All men.



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24 Dec 2016, 7:04 pm

what is the context?

It seems an odd thing to say.