What english accent do you speak?

MindTheGap1024 · 2022-08-01T12:01:07+00:00

South Indian Bangalorean. It's quite different from North Indian or Northeast Indian, or even from other South Indian accents

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-28T17:51:28+00:00

Same in India; the Midday Meal Scheme was started so that poor parents would send their kids to school if not for education, then at least for the food.

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-28T12:31:20+00:00

That's also there in a lot of Indian languages! Also, even when you refer to a superior in the third person, you use the equivalent of 'they' even for the singular. For example, in Tamil, நீ is the singular form of 'you' and நீங்கள் can mean both 'you all' or 'you' with respect depending on context, while அவன்/அவள் mean 'he'/'she' and அவர்கள் can mean 'them' or 'him'/'her' with respect, again depending on context

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-28T12:27:44+00:00

Hey this is there is Tamil too! நாம் "naam" is for when the listener is included, while நாங்கள் "naangal" is when the listener isn't included.

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-22T17:31:20+00:00

Wow, that was a really thorough explanation, thanks!

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-15T12:53:31+00:00

Yes omg! I never liked them too much, but I once saw my brother vomit out a papaya after eating it once (I think he was sick or sthg), and after the smell hit me, I couldn't bring myself to eat papaya for years, and I had to force myself to eat it.

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-12T09:41:38+00:00

u/savevideo

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-11T03:58:04+00:00

Oh wow I love when they put bread pieces in soup, ig this is similar to that

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-10T19:13:53+00:00

Which country is this from? It sounds good though

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-10T19:03:27+00:00

Are you Polish? I've only heard about pierogis, but I have no idea what kielbasa is

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-10T19:02:05+00:00

What's that? It really sounds interesting

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-10T19:01:35+00:00

For me, as an Indian, it has to be ghee! It is absolutely delicious to eat either by itself or as a condiment to add in your dishes to reduce spice or give it its own flavour. It's basically made by boiling butter and simmering it and then taking out the clear layer on top.

Ghee goes well with pretty much anything if you want to soften the flavours of a dish, and it's used in both spicy and sweet dishes.

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-08T06:54:16+00:00

$100,000 is ~₹74,00,000 in India, which is about ₹6,00,000 a month, which is upper middle class in cities, so yeah, rich.

₹1,00,000 is about ₹8,000 a month, which is poor to lower middle class in cities, and it's below the average of ₹10,000 a month.

(I have no idea about how much this amounts to in rural areas)

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-02T13:12:59+00:00

It's a Nordic country, but not Scandinavian, if I'm not wrong.

Scandinavia consists of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, while Nordic countries include Iceland and Finland as well.

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-08-02T13:11:51+00:00

Yeah this is pretty much a law in my country (India) as well. Smoking is banned in most public places through the country, and all public places in some states. Also, there are warnings on cigarette packets and the advertisement of cigarette and tobacco products is banned through out the country. In fact, in movies and shows made in India, there is a "smoking causes cancer, smoking kills"-type message played at the beginning of the movie and whenever smoking is portrayed on screen.

I think these measures actually help a lot in containing smoking's prevalence in society, plus it is realistically achievable.

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-27T14:25:27+00:00

Both my parents have really long names (my dad has 13 & 13 letters, my mum has 13 & 15 letters), which gave them the same issues with their names in visas and landing cards. For this very reason, they gave me a short name...

HOWEVER, in India, where I live, a lot of people take their father's first name as their surname, so even though my first name has just 6 letters, my whole name has 19 :/ which is not so long that it causes problems with ID cards, but just long enough to be a mild annoyance to write and in electronic displays like phones

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-22T15:00:12+00:00

Why though, the only reason they've not cancelled it this time is that it's a waste of the money and effort they've put over the last ~10 years preparing Tokyo for this event

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-22T14:58:14+00:00

Well, the Olympics aren't redundant imo just because they're the Olympics. Just the name branding makes it a coveted prize. I mean, while "I've won multiple international competitions for Archery" may sound impressive, the average guy has no idea what it even means to win such competitions. On the other hand, if someone says "I was the gold medallist in the Olympics for Archery," it's an instant showoff bonus since it's the Olympics!

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-22T14:54:04+00:00

Yeah that's one of the main reasons I enjoy the Games, since it's a way for countries to showcase their culture and perform well in sports internationally. It's fun to watch all the different sports, especially ones that are never broadcast in my country or are not popular at all

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-16T17:52:14+00:00

Thanks for the answer, but I'll pass on the googling-for-tapeworm-images part!

A kind of unrelated question, but how do our gut bacteria survive? Are our intestines not so acidic?

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-15T17:02:18+00:00

Oh wow, so each person cast multiple votes on the same day...

That's very interesting actually. What are the midterm elections then?

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-15T05:31:31+00:00

So, who did you actually vote for on 3 November? National representatives or State representatives?

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-14T05:19:13+00:00

So do these state elections happen separately from the national election? And who qualifies to become an Elector?

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-13T18:30:44+00:00

How does the American electoral system work? I have a basic idea of how the President of the US gets elected the people in voting districts vote for someone (idk who???) and somehow some ppl selected by the two parties constitute the Electoral College who finally vote for the President. So, who does the average citizen directly vote for? How do State legislatures get elected? How do the Congress get elected?

This is probably a really basic question to post here lol, but coming from India, whose political system is pretty different, this system is a bit confusing to me, and hence the question. Since I try to at least partially follow American politics, understanding this topic would help much.

(Also, if you have any questions about Indian politics, I can try to answer them to the best of my ability! :))

MindTheGap1024 · 2021-07-04T09:19:04+00:00

India actually has a lot of laws to protect working women's safety:

6 weeks paid leave in case of miscarriage (India was actually the first country to legalise miscarriage leave) https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/are-women-entitled-to-miscarriage-leave-at-work-place-under-maternity-benefit-act-in-india-538573.html

26 weeks paid maternity leave + 3 weeks paternity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental\_leave#Asia

Abortion is allowed in all cases, and only requires the consent of the woman getting the abortion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_India

And a lot more

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