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Re: More internet politics

Post by Mitra » 18 Jan 2010, 14:09

mmm but there are many different languages in india and the most common (spoken between indians) is english.
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Re: More internet politics

Post by Cartollomew » 18 Jan 2010, 17:40

Mitra wrote:mmm but there are many different languages in india and the most common (spoken between indians) is english.
Hence it's not worth learning their official language?

I don't know about you, but if I had a choice between hiring a guy who could speak Hindi and a guy who couldn't for an Indian business deal, I know who I'd be picking.
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Re: More internet politics

Post by Lellybaby » 18 Jan 2010, 18:08

Cartollomew wrote:
Mitra wrote:mmm but there are many different languages in india and the most common (spoken between indians) is english.
Hence it's not worth learning their official language?

I don't know about you, but if I had a choice between hiring a guy who could speak Hindi and a guy who couldn't for an Indian business deal, I know who I'd be picking.
The question is invalid. Trying to get business 'out' of india is like trying to get blood out of a rock.
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Re: More internet politics

Post by Karjalan » 18 Jan 2010, 18:49

Lellybaby wrote:
Cartollomew wrote:
Mitra wrote:mmm but there are many different languages in india and the most common (spoken between indians) is english.
Hence it's not worth learning their official language?

I don't know about you, but if I had a choice between hiring a guy who could speak Hindi and a guy who couldn't for an Indian business deal, I know who I'd be picking.
The question is invalid. Trying to get business 'out' of india is like trying to get blood out of a rock.
I always thought it wouldn't be that hard, just a little soap and elbow grease, washes blood out of anything eventually. Unless you were talking about a Blood Diamonds...
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