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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2014, 04:09:52 AM »
7. “Queue”



Actual meaning: An orderly line of people awaiting their turn to be attended to.
Meaning in India: A chaotic and amorphous clump of humans who are served in order of how shameless and loud they are.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2014, 04:10:01 AM »
8. “Cow”



Actual meaning: A domesticated female bovine, reared on farms as a source of milk and beef.
Meaning in India: A goddess, a pedestrian, a cause for millions of traffic jams, an animal you will have innumerable staring contests with on your commute to work, all of which you will lose.
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2014, 04:10:18 AM »
9. “Family”



Actual meaning: A group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.
Meaning in India: A group consisting of parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, third cousins, and strangers you’ve literally never seen before, all living together in a household.
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2014, 04:10:43 AM »
10. “God”



Actual meaning: A superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortune.
Meaning in India: Depends. Which one?
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2014, 04:10:57 AM »
11. “Sports”



Actual meaning: A range of activities involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
Meaning in India: An open-air game played on a large grass field with ball, bats, and two wickets, between teams of 11 players, the object of the game being to score more runs than the opposition.
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« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2014, 04:11:06 AM »
12. “Government office”



Actual meaning: An office where citizens’ needs are served by government officials.
Meaning in India: An office where citizens’ needs are served despite government officials.

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