On 12/5/05, Indrajit Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In Hindi, now that you point it out, the equivalent of my 'bashi' is 'vasi'
> or even 'wasi'. But Bunwasi? That could get me into a number of rows; not
> nice, misleading besides, to go around calling oneself 'resides in buns'. No
> way. Bonobashi it is and Bonobashi it stays.

Wouldn't it be "vanvasi", then, someone who lives in a trailer-park?

Ram

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