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Subject:    Re: [Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees
From:       Vamsee Kanakala <vamlists () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-06-30 12:58:44
Message-ID: 4868D5B4.8020303 () gmail ! com
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Senthil Mohan Murugaiyan wrote:
> Do you really think bus stop names are written in "English" in Bangalore
> (or) Hyderabad (or) for that matter in the NCR? I dont think so. 

I know it's not the point, but just to be sure, please check the next 
time you visit Hyderabad, all the bus stop names will be mostly in 
English. Not even Telugu. It seems such a common courtesy that you 
accommodate people who don't know the language.

> As for knowing the bus stop name...You could just ask people in the bus stop
> for the name of the stop while waiting to board a bus and I believe the
> conductor in the bus always shouts the name of the stop at every bus stop,
> for you to get down at the correct stop.
>
>   

Well... come on... it gets tiring to depend on whoever is sitting next 
to you all the time... especially you don't even know how to speak the 
language. The point is, I'm sure it doesn't cost a lot of extra effort 
to do something as simple as writing some multi-lingual titles - and it 
will benefit a lot of people. You don't have to inconvenience people 
just to prove a point. Anyways. Way too OT :).


V.
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