[Buddha-l] FW: Three year Research Associate, UK, Indian & Buddhist theories of self

Stephen Hodge s.hodge at padmacholing.plus.com
Thu Aug 2 20:13:12 MDT 2007


Joanna asked:

> Hi Stephen
> Please send the correct spelling!!
>
> Desperately orthographical Joanna

Tut, tut Joanna !  You should know it's spelt "disparately" ?  (Note that 
"spelt" is correct for English English).  But the Japanese you wanted is 
"arigatô gozaimasu".

It is also surprising to note that several forms of English now spoken in 
these parts are completely lacking in the words "please" and "thank-you", 
although a vestigial equivalent of "please" is often heard in the form of 
"gimme".  Has the same phenomena arisen over there ?

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge 



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