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Modi meets with Trump but doesn't speak English.

All Indians speak English very well. They have been taught to do so by the British. So, why did Modi speak Hindi to Trump in the White House press conference?
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Northwest · M
All Indians speak English very well.

Not even close to true.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Northwest
Not even close to true.

It is true if you ignore their pronunciation and head bobbing.
Northwest · M
@sree251
It is true if you ignore their pronunciation and head bobbing.

Again, not even close, and there's nothing wrong with that. I spend half my time trying to figure out what an engineering has put down in writing.

How many Americans are fluent in Hindu?
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Northwest
How many Americans are fluent in Hindu?

They all are fluent in Hindi if they are Indian Americans. Nikki Haley speaks Punjabi like a Sikh.
Northwest · M
@sree251
They all are fluent in Hindi if they are Indian Americans. Nikki Haley speaks Punjabi like a Sikh

And that would make up 1.3% of the population.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Northwest
And that would make up 1.3% of the population.

They are not woke.
ffony · M
@Northwest But lots of Americans think the Cree are Indians ?.
Northwest · M
@sree251
They are not woke.

And this has fuck to do with this discussion.
Northwest · M
@ffony
But lots of Americans think the Cree are Indians ?.

Not remotely close, but while we're at it, the Cree are mostly in Canada.
ffony · M
@Northwest But some people think the Cree are Indians?
sree251 · 41-45, M
@ffony
But lots of Americans think the Cree are Indians ?

The native American is a sacred specie. The native of the Asian sub-continent of India is something else.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Northwest
And this has fuck to do with this discussion.

What is this discussion to you?
Northwest · M
@sree251
What is this discussion to you?

Certainly not wokism.
ffony · M
@Northwest I didn't know we were 'At It' 🙂 but I've known more than one Cree here in B.C. - admittedly though, it's not only Americans who've referred to Indigenous people as "Indians". Many still do.
ffony · M
@sree251
The native American is a sacred specie. The native of the Asian sub-continent of India is something else.
That was my point. Thank you.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@ffony
I didn't know we were 'At It' 🙂 but I've known more than one Cree here in B.C. - admittedly though, it's not only Americans who've referred to Indigenous people as "Indians". Many still do.

They meant red Indians, not the shifty kind.
ffony · M
@Northwest "An engineering"?
ffony · M
@sree251 When I hear 'woke' I think Puke.
Northwest · M
@ffony
I didn't know we were 'At It' 🙂 but I've known more than one Cree here in B.C. - admittedly though, it's not only Americans who've referred to Indigenous people as "Indians". Many still do.

Yes, that's still Canada. The guy who owned the trading post in Squamish, off 99, just as you start heading "up" to Whistler may be Cree.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@ffony
When I hear 'woke' I think Puke

Do you get hurt by that word?
Northwest · M
@ffony
"An engineering"?

An engineer
Northwest · M
@ffony
When I hear 'woke' I think Puke.

MAGAs think everything is woke.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Northwest
MAGAs think everything is woke.

Not everything; just the crazies.
Northwest · M
@sree251
Not everything; just the crazies.

Presumes some MAGAs are not crazy. Not correct.
ffony · M
@Northwest
Yes, that's still Canada.
You knew that - are you really American? (apologies to the intelligent ones.) So glad you've learned that there may be one Cree here. You must have been astonished.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@Northwest
Presumes some MAGAs are not crazy. Not correct.

One man's meat is another's poison.