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On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:03:21 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:21:03 +0000 The Natural Philosopher
> <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> In India there are many languages, but everyone sort of speaks English.
>> Or has impoted lots of English words and phrases.
> 
> Visited Portugal last spring - lots of great seafood and wine, but at
> one point we ended up in an Indian restaurant on the outskirts of
> Lisbon. My dad was doing his best to order (being fluent, if rusty, in
> Portuguese,) but he and the proprietor were having difficulty getting
> through to each other. Finally, the light goes on, and he asks: "do you
> speak English?"
> 
> Guy looks at him like he's from the moon. "I'm *Indian!*" he laughs.

'Monsoon Wedding' came out before 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' but had a 
similar feel as the wedding from hell. What I mostly remember is the 
characters would be chattering along in what I presume was Hindi, switch 
to English mid-sentence, and eventually go back to Hindi.