Paras learn Pashto

London Boy · Post by **London Boy** » Thu 03 Apr, 2008 7:37 am

Tab wrote:It will sound good when they order a curry in Britain

Actually, most curry house owners in the UK speak Urdu, most of them being Pakistanis

And did you know that in India Hindus don't eat any meat at all or garlic or onions or cauliflower and that is why Indian restaurants serving traditional Indian food are few and far between in the UK - because the true Indian (read Hindu) diet does not appeal to Brits.

Tab · Post by **Tab** » Thu 03 Apr, 2008 10:33 am

I stand corrected

London Boy · Post by **London Boy** » Thu 03 Apr, 2008 11:36 am

Tab wrote:I stand corrected

Koi Baat Nahin = You're Welcome! - in Urdu

Sully · Post by **Sully** » Thu 03 Apr, 2008 1:06 pm

because the true Indian (read Hindu) diet does not appeal to Brits.

...it keeps the flies off the bride at weddings though

I'll get me coat.

London Boy · Post by **London Boy** » Thu 03 Apr, 2008 1:14 pm

Sully wrote:
because the true Indian (read Hindu) diet does not appeal to Brits.
...it keeps the flies off the bride at weddings though

I'll get me coat.

Hyperlithe · Post by **Hyperlithe** » Thu 03 Apr, 2008 8:27 pm

Not sure why this is news - there have been people from various branches of all 3 services learning Pashto for a few years now at DSL. Numbers have increased over the last 18 months that I was there. It is a seriously difficult language though.

Tab · Post by **Tab** » Thu 03 Apr, 2008 10:57 pm

I think we all learnt basics in a foreign language when we where overseas. You could order a beer, and ask a person of the opposite sex if they were willing or how much

London Boy · Post by **London Boy** » Fri 04 Apr, 2008 9:49 am

Tab wrote:I think we all learnt basics in a foreign language when we where overseas. You could order a beer, and ask a person of the opposite sex if they were willing or how much

Yes indeed

"Right Sinead are we on for a wee ride, shure yer ma's out till eleven"

SO19 · Post by **SO19** » Sat 05 Apr, 2008 9:32 am

I know it's nothing new, but it was MoD news, so I put it up in here.

Sarastro · Post by **Sarastro** » Sat 05 Apr, 2008 1:37 pm

Know one of the lads who did this. Has a degree. Like half the toms I know from 4 PARA. Not to mention the barristers, architects, engineers, surveyors and so on who who were among our NCOs. Yawn.

You lose, Mr Mitty.

Hyperlithe · Post by **Hyperlithe** » Sun 06 Apr, 2008 1:46 pm

Wasn't having a go SO19, just strikes me as a bit odd that this particular story is making news, when there are so many other people who've already learnt the lingo! Just wonder what the MoD was hoping to achieve...

SO19 · Post by **SO19** » Sun 06 Apr, 2008 4:42 pm

I know you weren't Hyper, I think it's just relevent because of the impending deployment.

Tab · Post by **Tab** » Sun 06 Apr, 2008 6:09 pm

It was probably a quite news day and they needed some thing to put out

Rooper · Post by **Rooper** » Wed 09 Apr, 2008 6:29 pm

London Boy wrote:
Tab wrote:It will sound good when they order a curry in Britain
Actually, most curry house owners in the UK speak Urdu, most of them being Pakistanis

Actually the vast majority of curry houses (and workers) in UK are Bangladeshi owned therefore speaking Bengali would be more useful.

billS · Post by **billS** » Wed 09 Apr, 2008 8:00 pm

Rooper wrote:
London Boy wrote:
Tab wrote:It will sound good when they order a curry in Britain
Actually, most curry house owners in the UK speak Urdu, most of them being Pakistanis
Actually the vast majority of curry houses (and workers) in UK are Bangladeshi owned therefore speaking Bengali would be more useful.

Just like being back in the Shot then

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