English is 3x better for bullshit than most languages. This isn’t a Sapir-Whorf thing. More a Victorian hypocrisy thing. Guy I knew before he became a famous Bollywood scriptwriter argued that due to its modern history, Hindi works best for satire. http://creative.sulekha.com/so-who-speaks-hindi_98532_blog …
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Yes, I am well aware of the difference. On my last trip from Switzerland to Chile on 23 December, I was sitting down with two people from Argentina, just coming from Dubai. The reason? A little thread.
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They were watching River Plate vs Boca Juniors disputing the finals of the Copa Libertadores, a well known soccer championship from South America. One of them was worried about not doing a toast with his family because they had a pretty tight schedule to arrive to their homes.
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