[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Hyperlink convention

[Jens Ropers]

PS: To all non-native speakers: The joke here is that the term "lakh" 
originated in India. Hah, the joys of etymology!
Hey, waitaminute!
I'm a non-native speaker, actually! 96% verbal SAT percentile, but '''I 
ASSURE YOU''' I am a non-native speaker.
Hm. Whatever. Go figure.
</braggadocio>

On 1 Oct 2004, at 16:18, Jens Ropers wrote:

> On 1 Oct 2004, at 11:57, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>
>> Indian English must have a lakh of interesting variations
>
> Indian English... A LAKH OF...
>
> ;-D  ;-)  :-P
>
> To the above observation of INDIAN English I add the following:
>
> BRITISH: My dear old chap, British English probably has an indeed 
> substantial amount of interesting variations.
> IRISH: For f*cks sake, Irish English must have a bunch of interesting 
> variations -- and all that Mullarkey.
> AMERICAN: Yeah man, American English has, like, a gazillion of 
> interesting variations, oh boy.
> AUSTRALIAN: Crikey! Australian English has a rweal loarge amount of 
> interesting variations!
>
> -- ropers [[en:User:Ropers]]
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