On a Question of Language
So... imagine this:
Im sitting, talking to an indian friend in Urdu - He is obviously talking to me in Hindi... We are obvisouly both REALLY happy to be talking in our OWN languages because we never get a chance to... then a third person asks... What Language are You Two Talking in?
What do you say?
Urdu?
Hindi?
Hurdu?
Urdi?
Or do you try to explain how the languages are basically the same but the text is completely different?
Complications yaar... why cant life just be simple :P:P:P
Im sitting, talking to an indian friend in Urdu - He is obviously talking to me in Hindi... We are obvisouly both REALLY happy to be talking in our OWN languages because we never get a chance to... then a third person asks... What Language are You Two Talking in?
What do you say?
Urdu?
Hindi?
Hurdu?
Urdi?
Or do you try to explain how the languages are basically the same but the text is completely different?
Complications yaar... why cant life just be simple :P:P:P
Hmm... I actually get that a lot at conferences. There are two more response possibilities:
1. Indian
2. Pakistanian
Posted by eMad | 8:15 PM
got a LOT of it in Poland. I actually explained the difference, but sometimes me and the Indians would end up argueing as they insisted its the same language...
Posted by nida | 8:51 AM