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Is There A Distinctive 'Indian English'? [The Butchering of the English Language!]
BBC News ^ | June 29, 2014

Posted on 06/29/2014 5:12:23 PM PDT by Steelfish

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To: Steelfish

“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.


21 posted on 07/01/2014 5:05:01 PM PDT by sagar
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE2sg_z7WfI


22 posted on 07/01/2014 6:19:54 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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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”.


23 posted on 07/01/2014 7:29:53 PM PDT by sagar
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9arM_agKFA


24 posted on 07/01/2014 7:54:49 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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None of those are “native dialects”.


25 posted on 07/02/2014 1:52:59 PM PDT by sagar
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Says who?


26 posted on 07/02/2014 5:35:29 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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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!”


27 posted on 07/02/2014 5:42:52 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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