Tamil Bell

Post by noufalibrahim » Sat, Mar 25, 2017, 8:42 AM UTC

snaily wrote: post #65

noufalibrahim wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think to soo. I was on a trip to Malaysia recently and met many native Chinese speakers who reply "Can" when you ask them something like "Can you meet me at 5 tomorrow?". I asked him why they don't say "Yes" and he said that in Chinese, that would sound really silly. I imagine it's similar to writing "Sword of so and so" on a weapon rather than just writing ones name. In some languages, it's more... regal.

Come to Singapore - there's plenty of native English speakers here who will use "can" in the same sense!

Post by tripzilch » Mon, Mar 27, 2017, 5:26 PM UTC

skrebbel wrote: post #37

> Translated, it says "Muhayideen Baksh’s ship’s bell". I like language, and this inscription makes me wonder. Why write on a bell that it's a bell? I'd be less surprised if the bell had said "Muhayideen Baksh’s ship". I mean, I get that school buildings say "School" because otherwise it's really just a building. But a bell? Isn't that a bit like writing "Headmaster's Office Door" on the headmaster's office door? I w…