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Comment on snOMG: Blizzard! by Bee

Bee — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:47:27 +0000

Pooh. I was thinking in my 3 years in Canada I’ve seen enough snow for the rest of my life. Now I have that in front of my window. Not much progress. Is not that I don’t like snow. It looks pretty. I just prefer not to get in close contact with it.

I’ll be visiting PI btw, 3 weeks from now. Hope to see you

Comment on Congress: Get Your @!#@!$# Together on Health Care by Chanda

Chanda — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:55:19 +0000

That’s funny!

I was actually trying to use my Dutch health insurance. Ironically it has MUCH better coverage than anything in the US, but because American Doctors can’t be bothered to fill out a form and mail it anywhere, and also want the ease of “networks” which exclude people, we often have to pay out of pocket for unplanned/small stuff, unless it is the ER or something.

Comment on Congress: Get Your @!#@!$# Together on Health Care by Bee

Bee — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:51:36 +0000

Well, now that I live in Sweden, I enjoy the pleasantries of universal healthcare, here’s my first impression. Besides being happily (and accidentally) offered an abortion (a confusion of files), I had to pay my treatment myself. Basically, the problem is that it’s incomprehensible for the Swedes you might *not* have health insurance. Everyone has, right? So if I’m in the country how can it be I don’t have health insurance? (Try telling them the Canadian health insurance ended with the employment contract. It did? What? It ENDED?) For the same universal reason they didn’t quite understand my question what, oh what, I’m supposed to do overseas if I don’t have an insurance card. You see, since everybody here has health insurance, UNIVERSAL!, why would you need an insurance card in Sweden? You just tell them your “person number” (the equivalent to the American Social Security Number.) My remark that the Americans would laugh their ass off if they ask for an insurance card and I tell them I have a Swedish person number just caused blank stares.

In any case, I basically agree with what you say, I just realized recently that health insurance can be too “universal.”

Comment on How is that name pronounced anyway? by Chanda

Chanda — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:18:47 +0000

Also, let me correct you — that is NOT how tamales is pronounced, and I say that as someone who grew up with Spanish. Wrong “a” sound.

Comment on How is that name pronounced anyway? by Chanda

Chanda — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:17:27 +0000

YiShaBao, I would probably disagree with you about the technicalities of the sound because I think the American “at” is a very distinctive (and terrible) sound, and that’s what I was referring to. When I took Hindi, I didn’t hear anything like it. Maybe this is just my ear being picky …

Comment on How is that name pronounced anyway? by YiShaBao

YiShaBao — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:11:43 +0000

Actually, even though the Chanda is not pronounced with an æ (the a sound in at) it is not true that this sound does not exist in Hindi ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi#Phonology ) as ऐ is rendered as æ for some words, in fact it exists in most languages: Tomales (spanish), Dar (=door in Persian), flacon (french), vam(a) (most slavic languages = you) , ak (bengali =one), etc.
But probably what you meant is that the sound doesn’t exist in Sanskrit (which is where your name comes from), which is true.

Comment on How is that name pronounced anyway? by Another

Another — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:04:03 +0000

Title…

Very interesting post. I would like to link back to it….

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Comment on Our Window by Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:50:05 +0000

Thank you Chanda for mentioning my blog here. It has been a while since i have popped in to see what you have been up to. You are now on my favorites list. I really enjoy your passion for learning and your openness in sharing your views of the world. I have realized that it can be difficult to share oneself in the written word. So much can be lost when readers don’t hear tone of voice or see facial expressions. As writers we need to trust ourselves and learn to have thick skin when our words are misinterpreted. Thanks for being so courageous.

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