[asterisk-biz] Doubts

[Don Kelly]

This is just an example of how the English language is different in various
parts of the world. "Divided by a Common Language" by Christopher Davies is
a fun book that describes hundreds of differences in British and American
English. I don't know if there's something similar for English in India.

I'm thinking that in Indian English, a "doubt" is asked when the person
lacks knowledge of the subject--a simple question, whereas a "question"
could be a challenge.

(I don't use stooped spell checkers.)

--Don



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[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Nitzan Kon
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 12:33 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Doubts

I don't know the first thing about their language, but I'm
willing to bet Indians have a word that means both doubt
and question, and they're just 1-for-1 translating that to
English.

Could be wrong, of course. :)

-- Nitzan
http://www.comparevoipproviderrates.com/
http://www.future-nine.com/


--- On Thu, 1/14/10, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote:

> From: Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>
> Subject: [asterisk-biz] Doubts
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion"
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 1:22 AM
> I must confess, my linguistic
> curiosity is once again peaked.
> 
> Is there a particular reason why so many people use the
> word "doubt"  
> where a native English speaker would say "question,"
> "problem,"  
> "connundrum," "dilemma," "issue," but specifically _not_
> "concern" or  
> "uncertainty?"
> 
> Example:
> 
> "Please help me with my doubt about this DAHDI error."
> 
> "I am having a doubt with sip.conf..."
> 
> I am assuming there is a fairly obvious explanation
> grounded in  
> translation of analogous words and/or the relation of
> intercultural  
> concepts, but I do not know what it is.
> 
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