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  1. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    Oh dear, now I feel sorry for making you feel that way. It’s my turn to apologise and I’m sorry for the terse comments. Please, there’s no need to apologise, you did nothing wrong. You were...

    Oh dear, now I feel sorry for making you feel that way. It’s my turn to apologise and I’m sorry for the terse comments. Please, there’s no need to apologise, you did nothing wrong. You were absolutely courteous and I didn’t see an ounce of racism. The fact that you wrote this comment shows that you’ve got a golden heart.

    All this while I thought we are just having a Chautaqua or agora style friendly banter and testing each other’s defences. I hang out around Talebian communities and live in Germany, so perhaps my communication style is a bit direct.

    Let’s end this on a positive note and learn from this experience. Live long and prosper 🖖

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  2. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

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    The way I saw it: Hank, an American says people are commenting on the internet that it’s not “Chai Tea” and he dismissed it. This to me felt like “defaulting to American” which is what my main...

    The way I saw it: Hank, an American says people are commenting on the internet that it’s not “Chai Tea” and he dismissed it.

    This to me felt like “defaulting to American” which is what my main point was. It was completely relevant to the discussion. It might have stemmed from the blatant racism I’ve seen against Indians in the recent past.

    Then you went ahead and qualified it extra by adding “in North America”. Obviously I read that as you doubling down on that. Did I go overboard, maybe, but that’s what we are doing here, right (nitpicking)

    So here we are now: I understand your POV and I just explained mine. Feel free to agree or disagree. These are just opinions after all, not laws of Cricket.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

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    Interesting I’ve not heard Kannadigas say Tea, it was always Chaha. E.g. svalpa chaha kodi. same in Maharashtra.

    Interesting I’ve not heard Kannadigas say Tea, it was always Chaha. E.g. svalpa chaha kodi. same in Maharashtra.

  4. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    I think we got into a contrarian loop here so let me try and break out of it peacefully. I understand your point: Hank can use Chai Tea latte, Touché, Naan Bread etc because it might make sense in...

    I think we got into a contrarian loop here so let me try and break out of it peacefully.

    I understand your point: Hank can use Chai Tea latte, Touché, Naan Bread etc because it might make sense in his location. No disagreement here.

    I hope you understand my point: On the internet it is wrong to assume everyone is from the USA. More countries speak English and only US norms don’t apply.

    My point about ridicule was about current state of internet in general. People are assholes on the internet these days. It’s a cesspit of negativity out there. I hope we can close the case now.

  5. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    The people commenting on Hanks video were posting on the general internet, and last time I checked, Internet belongs to everyone not just USAmericans. The fact that you’re assuming that it’s...

    The people commenting on Hanks video were posting on the general internet, and last time I checked, Internet belongs to everyone not just USAmericans.

    The fact that you’re assuming that it’s “North America” by default is exactly what I was trying to highlight. Adding NA it later is shifting goalposts in my opinion. I suspect countries Mexico and its South don’t feature in this definition of North America, but that’s besides the point.

    Just like people are free to call it Chai tea latte or whatever, people are also free to ridicule and laugh at them. We can’t stop anyone on the internet 🙂

  6. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    Where in South India do they say Tea? I’ve lived in South India and it was just Chaa e.g. “Anna, Oru Chaa kudinge” in Madurai or Palakkad. Also I don’t think anyone’s being angry, we’re just...

    Where in South India do they say Tea? I’ve lived in South India and it was just Chaa e.g. “Anna, Oru Chaa kudinge” in Madurai or Palakkad.

    Also I don’t think anyone’s being angry, we’re just having a bit fun because it’s in the title 😜

  7. How many languages do you speak?

    ~humanities.languages Ask (survey)
    How many languages y'all speak? From how many different language families? How many scripts can you read? Any special grammatical quirks that your languages have? It doesn't matter if it's A2...

    How many languages y'all speak? From how many different language families? How many scripts can you read? Any special grammatical quirks that your languages have?

    It doesn't matter if it's A2 level or C2 level, share it with us!

    33 votes

  8. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    Yes, people have been running away with languages since ages. Since this is ~humanities.languages, I can safely add my experience in other languages I speak. E.g. Althochdeutsch or SennTamil from...

    Yes, people have been running away with languages since ages. Since this is ~humanities.languages, I can safely add my experience in other languages I speak. E.g. Althochdeutsch or SennTamil from ancient times is highly unintelligible for me.

    However there is one notable exception to this trend of free language evolution: Sanskrit. You can easily read Sanskrit from Ashtadhyayi from 6th BCE the same way as Sadratnamala from 18th CE. But I'm digressing, Indian linguistics is a whole different ball game than English.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    Everyone knows it's pronounced as GIF.

    Everyone knows it's pronounced as GIF.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    Agreed. Only time will if this term stays around or not. It was nice to nitpick this with y'all, feels like the olden days of the internet.

    that doesn't make the way Americans use the term "wrong"

    Agreed. Only time will if this term stays around or not.
    It was nice to nitpick this with y'all, feels like the olden days of the internet.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    Is this claim really being made by these non-Ami communities? I've not seen it anywhere so far. They're rightfully rejecting it and ridiculing it on the internet which belongs to everyone. Just...

    It is not valid for them to insist that any other speaker community conform their language to their arbitrary standard

    Is this claim really being made by these non-Ami communities? I've not seen it anywhere so far.

    They're rightfully rejecting it and ridiculing it on the internet which belongs to everyone. Just like Americans took the English language and ran with it, Indians (and others) are doing it now. After all languages evolve and flow like a river. Linguists only study them post-hoc.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    Chai is not spiced milk tea, the drink you're talking about is called masala chai. Chay/Chai/Chá is the standard word for tea in various cultures apart from India. E.g. It is called Jogi Tea in...

    Chai is a spiced milk tea

    Chai is not spiced milk tea, the drink you're talking about is called masala chai. Chay/Chai/Chá is the standard word for tea in various cultures apart from India. E.g. It is called Jogi Tea in Germany, and other cultures definitely has different names to it like Thé Mélange

    But I agree with your general point: Chai latte should get you Tea in latte style.

    Sorry if this sounds like nitpick: I'm really passionate about Chai and have it many times a day :-)

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  13. Comment on I don’t want to be famous on the Internet anymore in ~tech

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    As luck would have it, my post is now on the HN front page. I’ll post it here soon.

    As luck would have it, my post is now on the HN front page. I’ll post it here soon.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on I dont want Windows 11, how easy is it to use Linux? in ~tech

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    Please find it and share the photos! I can't wait to revisit the feeling again. This is the right kind of nostalgia 🥰

    I’ve still got my 7.1 box set somewhere

    Please find it and share the photos! I can't wait to revisit the feeling again.

    This is the right kind of nostalgia 🥰

  15. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

    flyingsnake
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    Thank you for writing this comment, you’re helping me make my point how the ghost of post colonialism isn’t dead yet. Sir this is the Internet. Do you mean to say only Americans have rights over...

    Thank you for writing this comment, you’re helping me make my point how the ghost of post colonialism isn’t dead yet.

    don't think Hank is advocating for going to India.

    Sir this is the Internet. Do you mean to say only Americans have rights over naming things here?I mean they don’t even have a Tea culture there like say Tajikistan or Taiwan.

    Regarding my PS about Chai vs Tea: It is called Chai be half of the world, not just India. Rest call it Tea. Each of these cultures know the other word for Tea/Chá based on my extensive travels.

    I have never heard an Indian person object to the term "Chai Tea"

    Bhai sahab I’m Indian and it’s a running joke in India, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

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    While I understand Americans insisting on saying Chai Tea, this discussion misses a major point: Do the Indians objecting the term have lesser rights over the English language than the Americans?...

    While I understand Americans insisting on saying Chai Tea, this discussion misses a major point: Do the Indians objecting the term have lesser rights over the English language than the Americans? I mean just like South African, Nigerian, Trinidadian English, Indian English is a major English dialect by now in 2025. So it is perfectly valid for Subcontinent folks to reject the term used by American English dialect speakers, right?

    P.S Technically Chai Tea is also wrong because they’re the names of the same herb in the original language. Like “Meat Steak” or “Mobile Cellphone”

    https://thelanguagenerds.com/2019/tea-if-by-sea-cha-if-by-land/

    10 votes

  17. Comment on What is a misconception you are passionate about and would like to clarify? in ~talk

    flyingsnake
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    Thank you for sharing this. I’m working on a CSPM product myself and wanted to know the opinion of a fellow practitioner. Are there any pitfalls to avoid or any recommended reading you would suggest?

    Thank you for sharing this. I’m working on a CSPM product myself and wanted to know the opinion of a fellow practitioner. Are there any pitfalls to avoid or any recommended reading you would suggest?

    1 vote

  18. Comment on What is a misconception you are passionate about and would like to clarify? in ~talk

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    What are your thoughts on the CNAPP and CSPM etc paradigms getting popular in the industry?

    What are your thoughts on the CNAPP and CSPM etc paradigms getting popular in the industry?

  19. Comment on I dont want Windows 11, how easy is it to use Linux? in ~tech

    flyingsnake
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    My Linux journey started around early 00’s too! Redhat Linux 7.1 to be precise. Still waiting for the year of the Linux on desktop when it’ll dethrone M$ Windoze 😄

    My Linux journey started around early 00’s too! Redhat Linux 7.1 to be precise. Still waiting for the year of the Linux on desktop when it’ll dethrone M$ Windoze 😄

    1 vote

  20. Comment on How would I meet you outside of Tildes? In the flesh, so to speak. in ~life

    flyingsnake
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    Hallöchen! At this rate we’ll have a Berlin meet-up soon!

    Hallöchen!
    At this rate we’ll have a Berlin meet-up soon!

    3 votes