User talk:Farflow

Pakistan

Hi!

I actually like to edit many articles related to many different countries, but in particular my interest in Pakistan comes from knowing Pakistani people in Houston (we have lots of Pakistanis), as well as Pakistanis in China. There was also a really good Punjabi restaurant in France that was run by Pakistanis. I love Punjabi food a lot :)

I have never been to Pakistan, nor to South Asia as a whole. WhisperToMe (talk) 21:14, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, OK. Lol. --Farflow (talk) 21:16, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

BTW do you know how to write Urdu? if so are you interested in going on the Urdu Wikipedia and making an Urdu version of School District 36 Surrey? It already has an article in Punjabi, but the school district has published documents in Urdu too https://web.archive.org/web/20101221181618/http://sd36.bc.ca/general/brochures/urdu.html . (Peel District School Board has an Urdu article, and Houston ISD, where I attended school, also has an Urdu version) WhisperToMe (talk) 21:24, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I can speak and vocally understand Urdu, but after spending some years in Canada, I've forgotten to read and write Urdu. --Farflow (talk) 21:27, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, ok. Is spoken Urdu significantly different from written Urdu? I know there are some "Urdu keyboard" web programs which allow people to input the characters if that will help. WhisperToMe (talk) 21:54, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I look at the characters, and I don't remember what they mean. The Urdu keyboards are no problem. I have access to them as well. --Farflow (talk) 22:00, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, ok. Happy editing! Since you seem to be from the Vancouver area you might be interested in Indo-Canadians in Greater Vancouver (there are portions which talk about Pakistan-origin Indo-Canadians) WhisperToMe (talk) 22:04, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also, just wondering aapko bhi thori si Urdu aati hay kiya (do you know any little Urdu)? You know because you know a lot of Pakistanis. Just wondering. :O. --Farflow (talk) 22:05, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe all I know is "shukriya" :) WhisperToMe (talk) 23:14, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. OK. --Farflow (talk) 23:18, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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