Facebook founders would love the use of this ubiquitous phrase used by Indians in their daily conversations.
Our GDP is growing like anything you know? It is usually articulated not as a question but something of a fact. The you know serves as a crutch to end any sentence.
Like anything is also a strange comparison used to describe anything from wildfires to rape to state of the union to your child's intellect. He is smart like anything you know?
Other phrases or words commonly heard in conversation in India and not elsewhere include -
Diaspora
Harmony
Like that only
Our GDP is growing like anything you know? It is usually articulated not as a question but something of a fact. The you know serves as a crutch to end any sentence.
Like anything is also a strange comparison used to describe anything from wildfires to rape to state of the union to your child's intellect. He is smart like anything you know?
Other phrases or words commonly heard in conversation in India and not elsewhere include -
Diaspora
Harmony
Like that only
We have ryots which means farmers, among other cute words/phrases.
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