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In 1937, when I was about eight, :0 I learned to ride horses and Mother outfitted me with my very own boots and Jod-fahs! A loooong A - we spoke Bostonian after all! Dad provided the history and the India connection. One thing about those tan, twill riding pants is that they have no seam on the "inside leg" to chafe the inner thigh and vey comfy overall for riding. De rigueur in for riding in those days! When the U.S. Army Cavalry had horses (instead of tanks and helicopters) the uniform for officers included jodphurs Don't know about the enlisted - I am going by an old photo of my Uncle who was an officer in the Cavalry. Here's a photo of a designer's exageratd version http://www.style.com/fashionshows/stylehunter/slideshow/062904HUNT?play=false&iphoto=1for modern versions take a look at a UK site http://www.discounthorsetack.co.uk/
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100,000 in Hindi is one lakh. (A crore, for what it's worth, is 10,000,000.)
So Rs 1,50,000 is one-and-a-half lakhs. Hindi has a specific word for one-and-a-half: dheid (or similar - try transcribing non-existent sounds in English into Roman script.) Also for two-and-a-half: ddhaii.
In the old days ("when I were a lad") a lakh of Rupees was a lot of money and to describe someone as possessing more than a lakh (making him a "lakhpati") was the equivalent to the millionaire of the 1930s in Hollywood-speak.
These days even a crore-pati (pronounced approx: karodpathi) isn't any great shakes. Hardly surprising, given that the Indian Rupee is worth about two cents (American) and the Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepali and Sri Lankan versions (most called variants on Rupee or Rupaiyah) seem to be worth even less.
Jodhpur: A city in Rajasthan, probably a centre for polo during the Raj, hence lending its name to the leggings, most conventionally with huge flappy bits around the thighs, used for riding.
Jodphur: an unpronounceable abomination.
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shanks, old hand!!
you dasn't get away with a ten-month lacuna in posting without generating some notice. where ya been?
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good to see you here, shanks.
formerly known as etaoin...
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Thanks, shanks. For a Spurs fan, you come perilously close to being a decent, helpful human being. Thanks for the movie tips, too.
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Hi Ravi!!! Good to have you back, my friend. Now that you are here, don't go anywhere, okay?
Thou tiest thyself up not (knot?) in thine own words. :)
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Ra-vee, love: how wonderful to see you again! :-)))
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Namaste Ravi, welcome home!
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