From: Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: SCOUTED: Case of Foot-in-Mouth Disease Found in New York Senator
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 07:39:24 -0800 (PST)
--- ritu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are just two ways for this to make sense: > > A] Gujjus run a lot of gas stations in the US....? > Is that true? > > B] People think of Gandhi as a gujju first and an > Indian second...? This > seems kind of unbelievable to me but then I am > sitting many a continents > away..... > > Ritu, who had to read the article through twice and > then think for 2 > minutes before guessing what might have caused > offense....
Indians run a lot of gas stations in the US. Also hotels and software companies. At a rough guess, almost no one in the US not of Indian descent will have the faintest idea what a "Guju" is. I would be surprised if anyone else on the list knows, for example.
Hmmm. Is it slang for Gujaratis?
Jon
Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com
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