Do you-all mean to tell me that you pronounce it "jod-pers"??? That is really weird, to me: I have never heard it as anything but jod-furs.

As to money, I found in the book where a daughter got "an allowance of a lakh (1,00,000) of rupees a year." And another place, where "the wedding preparations--costing Rs 3,50,000 ...". I don't care what they are of: how many is 3,50,000?

(Heh heh--I am waiting to get slapped by whomever I accused of misspelling jodhpurs; but they can't, yet, 'cause then I'll know who wrote that definition!)