[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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