05-11-2008, 06:59 AM
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On the other hand, in my own language (Oriya), the number 12 would be âbaraâ.
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In Vietnamese, the number 12 is âmöôøi haiâ (möôøi=ten; hai =two). Hence Mr. Nguyen perceives the number 12 simply as âten-twoâ. This obviates the need to translate back and forth during numerical tasks.
The same is true for South Indian languages too, at least for Telugu and Tamil so I presume others are similar.
13 = padhamoodu (padhi = 10, moodu = 3)
14 = padhnaalugu (padhi = 10, naalugu = 3)
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This is in context of the IQ tests being given in Orissa, MP, UP and Bihar
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Regarding Sanjay Das, I am not asking you to swallow everything
Just the facts he pointed out afflicting IQ scores in Orissa
Malnutrition, Illiteracy etc
Especially the fact that they are comparing Indian IQ scores in Orissa and Bihar vs Chinese scores in Beijing
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Regarding Outmarraige
I do know for a fact that Indian girls in India are super-picky, and I know of some NRI Indians giving up on the process and marrying a mail-order-bride from eastern europe
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On the other hand, in my own language (Oriya), the number 12 would be âbaraâ.
QUOTE
In Vietnamese, the number 12 is âmöôøi haiâ (möôøi=ten; hai =two). Hence Mr. Nguyen perceives the number 12 simply as âten-twoâ. This obviates the need to translate back and forth during numerical tasks.
The same is true for South Indian languages too, at least for Telugu and Tamil so I presume others are similar.
13 = padhamoodu (padhi = 10, moodu = 3)
14 = padhnaalugu (padhi = 10, naalugu = 3)
---
This is in context of the IQ tests being given in Orissa, MP, UP and Bihar
--
Regarding Sanjay Das, I am not asking you to swallow everything
Just the facts he pointed out afflicting IQ scores in Orissa
Malnutrition, Illiteracy etc
Especially the fact that they are comparing Indian IQ scores in Orissa and Bihar vs Chinese scores in Beijing
---
Regarding Outmarraige
I do know for a fact that Indian girls in India are super-picky, and I know of some NRI Indians giving up on the process and marrying a mail-order-bride from eastern europe
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