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Paki is a derogatory ethnic slur originating from the United Kingdom, directed towards people of Pakistani and by extension South Asian (mainly Indian and Bangladeshi) descent, [1] [2] as well as Muslims or perceived Muslims in general. [3] [4] The references to Paki have been increasingly replaced by the euphemism "the P-Word". [2] [4] [5]
The fact that they mastered a fractions unit faster than their peers doesn't mean they learned faster; they had a head start. Like watching a marathon Koedinger likens watching children learn to ...
Idiomatic expressions, particularly profanity, are not always directly translatable into other languages, and make little sense even when they can be translated. Many English translations may not offer the full meaning of the profanity used in the context. [1] Hindustani profanities often contain references to incest and notions of honor. [2]
Speed learning is a collection of methods of learning which attempt to attain higher rates of learning without unacceptable reduction of comprehension or retention.It is closely related to speed reading, but encompasses other methods of learning, such as observation, listening, conversation, questioning, and reflection.
Forgetting can mean access problems, availability problems, or can have other reasons such as amnesia caused by an accident. An inability to forget can cause distress, as with post-traumatic stress disorder and hyperthymesia (in which people have an extremely detailed autobiographical memory).
A Long Island man was charged with animal cruelty for the second time in a month – after he allegedly failed to get proper medical care for his badly battered Kangal Shepherd puppy, who was ...
Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, like all Indo-Aryan languages, has a core base of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary, which it gained through Prakrit. [1] As such the standardized registers of the Hindustani language (Hindi-Urdu) share a common vocabulary, especially on the colloquial level. [2]
The term is now used more frequently to refer to tailors and carpenters. Drinking a cigarette/cigar – smoking a cigarette. This is due to the verbs for smoking being the same as the verbs for drinking in Urdu and other Pakistani languages. Elder – used as a comparative adjective in the sense of older. For example, "I am elder to you ...