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ENGLISH QUIZ: Do YOU know the meanings of these phrases?


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sunil dandawate
English
by sunil dandawate on Jun 01, 2012 01:03 PM

Thanks - a good initiative. English is a global language.

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M
English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by M on Jun 01, 2012 12:58 PM  | Hide replies

English is the most unscientific and poorest language of the world;spoken only by 05% of the world;
with only collection of 65thousand basic words; In 17th century it was spoken by poor illiterates of the local England dwellers
where Latin was the language of the Elites and Nobles. The basic word collection in todays english goes to 65thousand only
and in total around 06lakhs where rest are borrowed from other languages.
Whereas any damn Indian language is much more scientific because descended from Sakskrit,Pali etc where basic-word collection is minimum upto 60lakhs.
And total collection goes into cores because in Sanskrit it goes to infinity.
Hindi is spoken by 40% of the world population and in more number of countries than English any day.
Hindi is spoken in 26countries whereas English is just in 11 countries .....so English is neither GLOBAL nor GREAT ..its a false-propaganda by the colonizers.

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nellai boy
Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by nellai boy on Jun 01, 2012 02:02 PM
the question is not whether it is poorest or richest. The topic is more useful. It should be encouraged and to be discouraged . If you want , you go to sanskrit site and publish your stuffs.

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meerazherali
Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by meerazherali on Jun 01, 2012 04:56 PM
VERY GOOD ANALYSIS.WHAT ABOUT ARABIC. PLEASE PUT A LIGHT ON IT.

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mohd azmi
Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by mohd azmi on Jun 02, 2012 02:27 AM
With English, you can ask directions in at least 100 countries, with Hindi, not even in southern part of India itself. Its not about propaganda but usability.

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mohd azmi
Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by mohd azmi on Jun 02, 2012 02:28 AM
With English, you can ask directions in at least 100 countries, with Hindi, not even in southern part of India itself. Its not about propaganda but usability.

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RajeswaraRao BVV
Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by RajeswaraRao BVV on Jun 02, 2012 04:42 AM
Jingoistic

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Haris
Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by Haris on Jun 03, 2012 05:15 PM
Hindi isnt spoken even by Indians, let alone the world.

Ever watched a Hindi cricket commentary?

"Backfoot pe ye ball strongly play karee hai. This is excellent bowling mera khayal hai this is exactly how he should bowl"

Spot the Hindi in the "Hindi commentary"

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Tom Dick
Re: Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by Tom Dick on Jun 03, 2012 09:26 PM
spot on Haris..:)

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meena damodharan
Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by meena damodharan on Jun 03, 2012 06:21 PM
can u name the 26 countries where hindi is spoken

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Tom Dick
Re: Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by Tom Dick on Jun 03, 2012 09:27 PM
If any is employed abroad, it is not because of his knowledge of Hindi but English.

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Deepak
Re: Re: English is the most unscientific and poorest language
by Deepak on Jun 04, 2012 09:24 AM
i think he was referring to the 26 countries within india, but then, Hindi is not spoken in all those countries :)


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dbadhe
Nice Change...
by dbadhe on Jun 01, 2012 12:48 PM

14/15. Such topics should be repeated often and are more useful than the saucy-ones raced everytime.Rediff keep up the good work.

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Ravishankar Subramaniam
13/15
by Ravishankar Subramaniam on Jun 01, 2012 12:36 PM  | Hide replies

"Break a Leg" did not sound right! Never heard it being used.

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Neeraj
Re: 13/15
by Neeraj on Oct 04, 2012 10:26 AM
It's quite used! But there were other pharses which I came across 1st time, with only given option I could manage.

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Dr Minu
quiz
by Dr Minu on Jun 01, 2012 12:23 PM

15/15. It was a piece of cake :D

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Perfect stranger
13/15
by Perfect stranger on Jun 01, 2012 12:18 PM

however i like the phrase "more bang for your buck" in literal.

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ashay
genius
by ashay on Jun 01, 2012 10:27 AM  | Hide replies

got 14/15 :)

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kapil
Re: genius
by kapil on Jun 01, 2012 11:14 AM
for me 10/15 .. bad?

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nellai boy
Re: Re: genius
by nellai boy on Jun 01, 2012 02:09 PM
Not bad.I got 13/15

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ravi shankar
Thanks
by ravi shankar on May 31, 2012 08:33 PM

It id cool and very good.....

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Pankaj Saini
Many thanks!!!
by Pankaj Saini on May 31, 2012 04:20 PM  | Hide replies

I like these type of Rediff articles where one can kill good time gaining knowledge as well. This Eng test must be a regular feature on rediff. Many thanks

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Rediiff pe bhai
Re: Many thanks!!!
by Rediiff pe bhai on Jun 01, 2012 12:36 PM
"This Eng test SHOULD be a regular feature on rediff"
No wonder u need this test ;)

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Pankaj Saini
Re: Re: Many thanks!!!
by Pankaj Saini on Jun 01, 2012 07:22 PM
Those who dont need this must be kicked out from here. And they should not waste their time here by just pasting other's view. :-)

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tinku bhui
Re: Many thanks!!!
by tinku bhui on May 31, 2012 05:28 PM
i agree

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Neeraj
Re: Re: Many thanks!!!
by Neeraj on Oct 04, 2012 10:30 AM
I also second pankaj as who think are good in english. should stay away from these quizes instead of showing off here. Yes! we need to take these take as we feel we are not good at it.

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