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    Harish Pillay (harishpillay@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 20:56:36 JST Harish Pillay Harish Pillay

    Today's rain is causing a lot of mist to form around Bt Timah Hill.

    In conversation Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 20:56:36 JST from floss.social permalink

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      Nitin Pai (nitin@thinktanki.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 20:56:33 JST Nitin Pai Nitin Pai
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      @harishpillay I’m in a pedantic nitpicking mood right now. So let me say that use of the word “hill” is redundant when you are referring to *Bukit* Timah. 🏃🏽

      In conversation Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 20:56:33 JST permalink
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      Nitin Pai (nitin@thinktanki.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 22:59:23 JST Nitin Pai Nitin Pai
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      @harishpillay 😀
      There’s Timor Barat so there’s some logic to East Timor.

      Btw, my kids had a difficult time figuring out why a state in India’s east is called West Bengal.

      In conversation Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 22:59:23 JST permalink
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      Harish Pillay (harishpillay@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 22:59:24 JST Harish Pillay Harish Pillay
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      @nitin while I wholeheartedly agree at the redundancy, we have to somewhat tolerate the silliness. Consider East Timor. Timor means east in Malay/Indonesian. Yet it is Easy Timor. Does not help that they changed it to Timor Leste which is "east east". Oh well.

      In conversation Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 22:59:24 JST permalink
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      Nitin Pai (nitin@thinktanki.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 00:28:04 JST Nitin Pai Nitin Pai
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      @harishpillay Well it is “West” Bengal, but happens to be East India.

      (PS. There’s no East Virginia in the US).

      In conversation Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 00:28:04 JST permalink
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      Harish Pillay (harishpillay@floss.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 00:28:05 JST Harish Pillay Harish Pillay
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      @nitin Hmm. I did not think of it that way because I knew that present day Bangladesh was also known as East Bengal and later as East Pakistan, so, yes, it is a misnomer to continue with West Bengal and adds confusion.

      In conversation Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 00:28:05 JST permalink

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