Blighty

Diane and I went on a wonderful walk through old, British Bangalore early this morning (I'll write more about this very soon).

During the walk, our guide, Arun, passed along a wonderful fact: "Blighty" -- slang for Britain -- is based on a Hindi word, vilayati (try saying "vilayati" aloud a couple of times).

According to Arun, "vilayati" means "white foreigners."