Posted on 06/29/2014 5:12:23 PM PDT by Steelfish
Is There A Distinctive 'Indian English'? BBC Trending By BBC Trending
Is there a distinctive "Indian English"? Yes, according to a hashtag that's been trending in the country - #IndianEnglish.
"Open the windows and let the atmosphere come in."
"Today is my Happy Birthday."
These are a couple of examples being shared on the hashtag #IndianEnglish. Since it took off early on Thursday, it's been used around 20,000 times in India.
It was started by 22-year-old Ojas Korde, a masters student in public relations from Mumbai. "On Twitter, we take things lightly," he told BBC Trending.
Indians often translate directly from Hindi when they speak English, he says. "It sounds really funny."
Other examples shared on the hashtag include:
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
“The native Indian dialect has such a guttural and revolting sound”
Do you have a sample of such sound in youtube talk or bollywood song? I am very curious. My perception was completely different.
That is a guy imitating Indian-English accent, not speaking “native”, like you mentioned in your previous post. You said: “the native Indian dialect has such a guttural and revolting sound...”
I just wanted an example from you of “the native Indian dialect”.
None of those are “native dialects”.
Says who?
There sure are differences. We had a sysadmin who was Pakistani who spoke with an accent like that, and we thought hey, we’ll put him on those tech support calls! Problem solved...so I catch him at his desk, head in hands, and I sez, hey, Tahir, wazzup, and he sez “Eh, Beel, I doonod understan’ dhem eithah!”
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