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Post by Guest Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:27 pm

after having a decent conversation with me, in hindi, this gujju lady asks me, 'so, are you gujarati or south indian?'

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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:01 pm

Natalia Romanova wrote:after having a decent conversation with me, in hindi, this gujju lady asks me, 'so, are you gujarati or south indian?'

scratch

You missed having some fun. You should have said:

Gujarati brought up in South India (meaning Madras)

or

a Madrasi brought up in Gujarat.

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Post by Guest Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:17 pm

Natalia Romanova wrote:after having a decent conversation with me, in hindi, this gujju lady asks me, 'so, are you gujarati or south indian?'

scratch

LOL! Maybe your hindi is not good enough. Razz

The thing is, most gujaratis consider everyone else to be a gujarati too. Many times I've had gujaratis come up to me (even in desi grocery stores, not garbas and in the swami narayan temple) and talk to me in gujarati until i interrupt them with 'excuse me, I don't know gujarati'.

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Post by Kris Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:30 am

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
Natalia Romanova wrote:after having a decent conversation with me, in hindi, this gujju lady asks me, 'so, are you gujarati or south indian?'

scratch

You missed having some fun. You should have said:

Gujarati brought up in South India (meaning Madras)

or

a Madrasi brought up in Gujarat.

>>> or that you are mexican, just to throw in some confusion.

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Post by Kris Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:36 am

kinnera wrote:
Natalia Romanova wrote:after having a decent conversation with me, in hindi, this gujju lady asks me, 'so, are you gujarati or south indian?'

scratch

LOL! Maybe your hindi is not good enough. Razz

The thing is, most gujaratis consider everyone else to be a gujarati too. Many times I've had gujaratis come up to me (even in desi grocery stores, not garbas and in the swami narayan temple) and talk to me in gujarati until i interrupt them with 'excuse me, I don't know gujarati'.

>>>> Yeah, I have had this happen to me too. Maybe the need to speak the language? Many of the gas stations in California, a lot of them in the sacto- san joaquin corridor are owned by Punjabis, many who have been here a couple of generations. If they see you are indian, they ask if you speak punjabi.

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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:42 am

Kris wrote:
>>> or that you are mexican, just to throw in some confusion.

After seeing a Puerto rican and a Korean speak fluent hindi, and not to mention a couple of blacks speaking Tamil anything is possible.

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