WASHINGTON DC – Immediately after shredding the paper on which US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech was written, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shouted ‘udhar tum, idhar hum’ on Wednesday. Political analysts with the knowhow of both the Urdu language and US politics aren’t sure what exactly ‘tum’ (you) and ‘hum’ (we) are meant to denote on part of Pelosi. Given that ‘tum’ can signify both the second person singular and plural, the House Speaker could both be speaking to Trump individually or addressing a vague plurality of people. “In case of a plural, she could be speaking about Trump supporters, the Republican Senators, or even the Republican Party as a whole. “Namanzoor, namanzoor, s**ar ke bachay!” Pelosi is also seen shouting in the State of the Union footage, with linguists further underlining that ‘bachay’ [child/children] could be used both in the singular or plural context as well.

Source: Pakistan Today February 07, 2020 07:52 UTC