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With all due respect to your intellect and education, sir, may I state that you do not know English and more so, idiomatic English.
If I may take the liberty of educating you, 'moving to new pastures' has nothing to do with farmlands, farmers, sheep or grazing. It is idiomatic.
Yes, I don't know English and that is why I am typing in Brahui. But you definately understand Brahui because your forefathers taught it to you before they left you alone in this cold, cold world! Talking about cold world I understand that you have many family problems as a result of your illiteracy and your unstable condition which makes it hard for you to bring back food for your family everyday! I know of the trouble you go through every day! But don't worry I am here to support you! Idiomatic? What is that? Are you talking between the hallucinations here or are you having a vision or terrible dream in the sterilized operation theatre where you are being treated.
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Idiom means:
the usual way in which the words of a particular language are joined together to express thought
a phrase, construction, or expression that is recognized as a unit in the usage of a given language and either differs from the usual syntactic patterns or has a meaning that differs from the literal meaning of its parts taken together (Ex.: not a word did she say; she heard it straight from the horse‘s mouth)
May I recommend that you buy McMordi's "Idioms and Idiomatic English" and go through Fowler's series on the English Language and Grammar. Will do you a world of good. I agree English is a complicated language and it is not for everyone to be proficient, let alone to master it! I am still but a novice!
Woah! What words thou useth! Thy words charm my heart outeth! Like the rose bloometh!
I would have to say that Shakespeare had lost his son and we have found him in India! I can see that you have his characteristics in you exept that you are illiterate which is definately a gift to you!... well i must say you talk exactly like him even though you are illiterate!
Tell me something... are you Shakespeares legitimate son or illegitimate one? Did you find your mother yet or whoever gave birth to you? How did you find your way to Kalkutta? Were you kidnapped when you were a baby by Shakespeares step-brother and sent to India?
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May I also recommend that you keep to the factuals and not the emotionals?
However, I confess, I am equally amused, but for different reasons. Maybe the lack of grip over the language is why there is the communication gap!
No emotions? Okay I will try to think like a man-eating tiger from the jungle rather than a human being. We should have no feelings at all! Maybe this is the law in India!
True, you are Shakespeares lost son and your control over the language is definately stronger as you have inherited it from your father even though you are a poor illiterate farmer considering suicide! So Shakespeare also knew Brahui? Why did you not tell me?
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It is not very wise to be cleverer than half when one is not too sure if one is on a sticky wicket. And the statement has nothing to do with slicing yourself in two as you go embark into raptures of laughter or with cricket either!
In so far as those who find India insufferable, be they of any religious hues or ethnicity, I would remind them to be like Lord Byron who was expelled from England. He had said, "If I am not fit for England, then England is not fit for me!"
Sticky wicket? Well let me write a book on you... i wonder what the book should be called? Maybe we should call it The "chronicles of Shakespeares son" or "the legacy of Shakespeare: Salim, son of the tiger"
Well done! You want them to leave India rather than being ashamed for how people like you treat them. This is the attitude which these muslims have to suffer each and everyday which makes them feel unloyal! Please continue... we accept these people in our country because we need these educated people in Pakistan while i can understand how dire Indias needs for illiterate people is to keep the hatred for us burning.
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Therefore, my advice is:
Why suffer? Go where your heart is. Go where there is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. (That is also idiomatic and so don't tell me that there is no pot at the end of the rainbow!).
You got me! That was what I was going to say... I must congratulate you as you are truelly wise!
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Good to know you, sir!
My compliments to you, sir, for your profound knowledge from this poor deprived (I have no farm, unlike the Pakistani army men with jagirs!) illiterate!
I thank you for your compliments and I must admit that I am absolutely flattered! I think you should propose for the English queens hand in marriage. Well you said you were a farmer. So what are you? A Nomad who moves from place to place with his cattle looking for new pastures? Naaah, but atleast the army men aren't killing themselves because they can't support themselves and their families.
Next time when you reply to a post from me please use a lot of Idioms as I would say that is the part of your writing I enjoy most