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What is the shortcut style of writing used by Indian English speakers called?
One of the things I do is teaching people how to code and I love it. However, something I do not like, is that often (twice a week or so), people start conversations like this:
hi sir
how r u sir
sir ...
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Pejorative term for Indian English [closed]
There was, it seems, a pejorative term during the British Raj to describe Indian people trying to speak English. What was it?
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One Word : What do you call who chill / relax a lot? [closed]
I need one word for people who chill / party / relax / play games / travel and just chill most of the time.
Some Word like 'Freizeit' , but it needs to be used as a noun for persons (eg, traveller, a ...
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What is the English word for the stones used in Indian weighing balance?
There are stones of 1 kg, 500 grams, 100 grams, or 50 grams used in weighing balance. What are they called in English?
These weighting stones are normally used by vegetable vendors.
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Word for "invisible god-like voice"
I am Asian and in Asian mythology like epics like Mahabharatha, when some person is going to do something bad then a voice from nowhere comes from background, after a thunder or something, to stop him ...
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