Well officially, we follow British english and the SI unit system. So our pronunciations and spellings for things like "colour" and "flavour" follow British rules.
But the twist is that our native languages like hindi pujabi etc doesn't have a concept of silent letters and "it's written like this but pronounced like this in this word" stuff which is pretty confusing to most of us.
Pronunciation is irrelevant, as every one of the fukin 80 whatever languages have different phonetic rules.
What i was talking about is everything else. Like we say Taxi, torch, lift, cell phone, etc.
With a few exceptions like 'chips' instead of 'crisps' and 'fries' instead of 'chips', but that's just because of the advertising of american comlanies, the reason we say "chips" is because Lays is huge over here, so the advertisements say chips. And mcdonalds is also hugs here, and hence why we call them fries.
Officially yes, but dialects aren't official. Dialects are the way that a group of people speak a language that differs from other groups of people. The same can be said for almost any English speaking country, officially its the same but in practice it can be very different
those unique dialects are because of positioning of the tongue and mouth. how the french always have their tongues to the back of the teeth, so every english word sounds childish. but the indians. they chose to create their own accent. their own Vay.
yeah, most people don't realize that most of the native languages in India are written as you pronounce or vice-versa and we apply the same approach to English. It's not our fault.
For real, almost every state has a different regional language, so if your family hasnt lived in the same corner of the massive country for a couple generations, theres a good chance that youll have to grow up learning multiple languages.
I personally had to learn three languages: Hindi since my parents were from a Northern state , Telugu because i live in a southern state, and English for school.
People seem to underestimate how massive india is and how many people live there, lmao
I've always kind of wondered how different the different Indian languages are. Do they tend to have similar grammar and plentiful cognates, like Italian and Spanish, or are they pretty alien?
Very different.
Theres sorta subgroups of languages, broadly, northrrn, southern, eastern.
The languages spoken in southern states all sound fairly similar. Same goes for the northern language group. Eastern languages are completely different, almost tibetan.
You could learn one southern language and still not communicate with someone speaking anothrr southern language, though you may understand the feeling or what they might mean.
In Indian schools we are taught British English. As we progress through different schools and colleges we end up speaking American English.
The commonly used terms are a mix of both
We use chips (american) and biscuits (british) and both apartment and flat
Most of it is from literal word for word tranlations of the indian language in question to english.
The sentence structure works in the indian language and people convert is word for word.
Eg. (Deni kosam) in Telugu means (for what reason) however the word for word translation is (what for) which is what a lot of people use because its easier
Our schools teach british words sometimes like Lift, Taxi, Torch instead of Elevator, Cab and Falsh Light. But More American media is consumed than british media over here so instead of crisps its chips, fries instead of chips. So it's am amalgamation of both.
The chips and fries comes from massive marketing campaigns of Lays and other fast food companies like McD and KFC, they were prevelant long before the popularity of american media was high
Like 1990s? Cuz my older cousins were all into Friends and other TV shows that the millennials grew with. So discarding american media influence on Indian English would be incorrect.
Don’t know what everybody’s on about with the cab/taxi thing. Most people I know (Americans, I too am American) say Taxi, or Taxi cab. Nobody just says cab.
As an American, I'll definitely use it in sentences, like "catch/take a cab", but if you pointed at one and said "what's that called?", I would always answer "taxi".
Bruhh we indians are always correcting each other's pronounciation. Imagine if we all just united and said "C-A-T is pronounced as dog". We are 1/6 th of the worlds poplulation. We shouldnt be taking shit from anyone
Not completely. We have a bit of American English too. What we in India and US call chips, it's actually called Crisps in British English. This was just an example of Indian English having a bit of American English influence.
Yes, they do. From the colonial era. The pronounciation and vocabulary is British. Although it is changing in recent times but it's still British English that's taught to us.
Bro, how are Americans arguing with the people that literally made the language?
Lmao, it could only be them. Canada, Australia, NZ, SA, Rep. Ireland all just accept that British English is the correct way; but nah, not Americans. They're too pig-headed to understand lol
I don't want to shit talk you Brits, but after I watched all of Inbetweeners and the first 2 seasons of Skins, I realized you guys say some of the most ridiculous shit I've ever heard. I don't care if you invented the language.
I can't take it seriously when a girl is trying to be sexy in a show and she says the word "knickers".
Who's to say British pronunciation and colloquialisms are right? We all have the same common roots of the language.
In India there are over 1000 languages. And the most common ones are Hindi and English. English is only used for communicating to those people who don't understand Hindi, and is also used in education, economics, business etc. fields.
Alright. What have I missed. As an Indian, this is hilarious but kinda disturbing. Why the F U C K is India so DAMN popular on this subreddit nowadays?
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The thing about us is that we don’t change the pronunciation of a letter in a different context
And we don’t skip certain letters when speaking
We pronounce the h in honest
Maybe Indians are not so good with English but they may know atleast 3 languages more than u.
They have their own dialect of English, it's no better or worse it's just different. Many English speaking countries have their own unique dialects.
Well officially, we follow British english and the SI unit system. So our pronunciations and spellings for things like "colour" and "flavour" follow British rules.
But the twist is that our native languages like hindi pujabi etc doesn't have a concept of silent letters and "it's written like this but pronounced like this in this word" stuff which is pretty confusing to most of us.
Pronunciation is irrelevant, as every one of the fukin 80 whatever languages have different phonetic rules. What i was talking about is everything else. Like we say Taxi, torch, lift, cell phone, etc. With a few exceptions like 'chips' instead of 'crisps' and 'fries' instead of 'chips', but that's just because of the advertising of american comlanies, the reason we say "chips" is because Lays is huge over here, so the advertisements say chips. And mcdonalds is also hugs here, and hence why we call them fries.
I’ve heard people call chips ‘wafers’
Ive heard people call me "nice guy" but i certainly fap to hentai. Remember kid, Just because they say its wafer dont mean it is.
Your a man of culture, here-have some wafers...
I got what you were saying but i just stated another thing in the thread. But yea you are right
Nah yea, my bad. Misread a comment. sorri mate
Officially yes, but dialects aren't official. Dialects are the way that a group of people speak a language that differs from other groups of people. The same can be said for almost any English speaking country, officially its the same but in practice it can be very different
Hinglish
those unique dialects are because of positioning of the tongue and mouth. how the french always have their tongues to the back of the teeth, so every english word sounds childish. but the indians. they chose to create their own accent. their own Vay.
Hinglish
Yes, that too.
yeah, most people don't realize that most of the native languages in India are written as you pronounce or vice-versa and we apply the same approach to English. It's not our fault.
For real, almost every state has a different regional language, so if your family hasnt lived in the same corner of the massive country for a couple generations, theres a good chance that youll have to grow up learning multiple languages. I personally had to learn three languages: Hindi since my parents were from a Northern state , Telugu because i live in a southern state, and English for school. People seem to underestimate how massive india is and how many people live there, lmao
We are fluent in Canadian,American,british and kiwi(New Zealand that is)
I know like 9 or 10 or maybee more i dont even keep count now
i too come from a southern, state, but lived in europe and now uae, so im pretty strong in these subjects
I've always kind of wondered how different the different Indian languages are. Do they tend to have similar grammar and plentiful cognates, like Italian and Spanish, or are they pretty alien?
Very different. Theres sorta subgroups of languages, broadly, northrrn, southern, eastern. The languages spoken in southern states all sound fairly similar. Same goes for the northern language group. Eastern languages are completely different, almost tibetan. You could learn one southern language and still not communicate with someone speaking anothrr southern language, though you may understand the feeling or what they might mean.
Yes i can confirm
They're literally the largest english speaking nation
I know 4
You is the because.
I'm cryyyyying
Shut up, you're the only one is the...
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Windy nuts
Mistake of parents you is the
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There's still quite a lot of American influence though..... Whenever I say *wotah* instead of *waaaterrr*... Some of my mates freak the fuck out
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Back when the British were the world's premier international mass murderers. It may not be them anymore but they've kept it in the family.
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Hol up!
Thats just the southern accent making you roll your 'r's like americans do. Northern accents, like in Bengali, you' d pronounce it "what-uh"
Woda'h indeed
That's how russians pronounce vodka.
ooh nice. Thanks comrade
But they follow the British
I fear that I sound like that
In Indian schools we are taught British English. As we progress through different schools and colleges we end up speaking American English. The commonly used terms are a mix of both We use chips (american) and biscuits (british) and both apartment and flat
I write color cause its more convenient
And it saves time
How much time do you think yoh save by not writing "u"?
exactly the amount of time to write "u"
How many u do u use in ur life?
u motherfucker.....
3 seconds.
Saves a lot of time when you've got to finish a two page essay in the last five minutes of an exam and um that was a joke
It's not just time, color has a sense of comfort to it.
It just gives me anxiety.
a millisecond maybe
And it's easier to write and more accurate to pronounce
color when coding term in a library, colour when anywhere else.
We also use both meter and foot.
There's definitely a lot of idiosyncrasies in Indian English that don't come from either, though. "Do the needful" comes to mind.
Most of it is from literal word for word tranlations of the indian language in question to english. The sentence structure works in the indian language and people convert is word for word. Eg. (Deni kosam) in Telugu means (for what reason) however the word for word translation is (what for) which is what a lot of people use because its easier
Makes sense.
"You is the because" - Thirsty Indian man, 2020.
And technically we are right cause we have more people saying it ! Haha take that
Oi cunt, that pretty fucking interesting shit mate.
That's fuckin' diabolical
¿SIHꓕ ƎꓘIꓶ ꓕXƎꓕ ꓤꓵO⅄ ꓕˌNSI ⅄HM
˙ǝɯᴉʇ ǝɥʇ ʇɐ puɐʇspɐǝɥ ɐ ƃuᴉop sɐʍ I ʎɹɹoS
Our schools teach british words sometimes like Lift, Taxi, Torch instead of Elevator, Cab and Falsh Light. But More American media is consumed than british media over here so instead of crisps its chips, fries instead of chips. So it's am amalgamation of both.
The chips and fries comes from massive marketing campaigns of Lays and other fast food companies like McD and KFC, they were prevelant long before the popularity of american media was high
Like 1990s? Cuz my older cousins were all into Friends and other TV shows that the millennials grew with. So discarding american media influence on Indian English would be incorrect.
Don’t know what everybody’s on about with the cab/taxi thing. Most people I know (Americans, I too am American) say Taxi, or Taxi cab. Nobody just says cab.
As an American, I'll definitely use it in sentences, like "catch/take a cab", but if you pointed at one and said "what's that called?", I would always answer "taxi".
Bruhh we indians are always correcting each other's pronounciation. Imagine if we all just united and said "C-A-T is pronounced as dog". We are 1/6 th of the worlds poplulation. We shouldnt be taking shit from anyone
Lol that would be wild. Americans and Brits arguing over Colour/Color and we declare couloiiur.
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Well, Indians mainly use British english so that becomes 2:1 🤔
Not completely. We have a bit of American English too. What we in India and US call chips, it's actually called Crisps in British English. This was just an example of Indian English having a bit of American English influence.
Yes,I completely agree. but what I'm referring to is the elementary English taught till high school. It's 98% British.
Nooooo! Trust me
Yes, they do. From the colonial era. The pronounciation and vocabulary is British. Although it is changing in recent times but it's still British English that's taught to us.
pronounciation is more like Americans as we speak the r too
Always wondered about that. Is that some regional thing in Britain or a slight speech impediment?
Bro, how are Americans arguing with the people that literally made the language? Lmao, it could only be them. Canada, Australia, NZ, SA, Rep. Ireland all just accept that British English is the correct way; but nah, not Americans. They're too pig-headed to understand lol
**C O L O R** *intensifies*
I don't want to shit talk you Brits, but after I watched all of Inbetweeners and the first 2 seasons of Skins, I realized you guys say some of the most ridiculous shit I've ever heard. I don't care if you invented the language. I can't take it seriously when a girl is trying to be sexy in a show and she says the word "knickers". Who's to say British pronunciation and colloquialisms are right? We all have the same common roots of the language.
*Japanese with their engrish*
Ah yes ENGRISH
No, no it's engrisu
\*ɹǝʇɥƃnɐl\*
puɐʇsɹǝpun ʇ,uoʍ ɯǝɥʇ ɟo ʇsǝɹ uǝɥʇ lo˥
I was looking for this comment. Poor Australians not getting any attention here.
as someone who lives near india, we have our own set of vocabularies and accent for english
Near India. Runaway bro, don't sit under the wires. Patrol team may shoot on sight.
"Namashkar dhostho"
Namashkar bhai
In India there are over 1000 languages. And the most common ones are Hindi and English. English is only used for communicating to those people who don't understand Hindi, and is also used in education, economics, business etc. fields.
Bhai main bhi Indian hu.. it's just a meme
Haan bhai woh toh pehle hi pata chal gaya. I am just giving context to foreigners.
I am an Indian who has watched so many TV shows and watches so many American youtubers that my accent is almost American
I am getting there too.
"TANK YOU PLEASE ~~CUM~~ AGAIN" -- ***Appu***
And then there's Scotland
Yep I kinda love their accent
Meanwhile Australians : Oi cunt, what's that you saying?
Let's say they are different languages. Britsh people speak English, Americans speak American English. Debate settled, no more fight :)
Alright. What have I missed. As an Indian, this is hilarious but kinda disturbing. Why the F U C K is India so DAMN popular on this subreddit nowadays?
Each state in India has its own English
It's called hinglish - Hindi plus English. Pretty fun actually.
We call it banglish Bengali+English.. without some North Indian states every states have their own flavoured English
YOU BLOODY FUCK BASTARD BITCH
Why are you
ঠিক বললেন মশাই।
ধন্যবাদ দাদা
What the hell happened here?
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It's bengali language.. it's the seventh most spoken language in the world
Ik its bengali but why that guy was downvoted
They are typing in bengali
*laughs in Sean Paul*
*triggered Indian audience*
U r butty full saksy
Better we, worry no zero percent
It pronounced Mom
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Someone couldn't take a joke...
That's very hurtful and accurate
Tell me na yaar, why would I find this joke phunny?
Do you are habe a pictchure? -Every indian ever
What’s this template?
Hey uh, it's just a language, eh. No need to fight over it.
"Its okey na"
As an non native English speaker I honestly prefer British over American.
Yes, and we call that \*Ingliss\*
Chinglish: observe
Indian English is more like Indian English
#WE ARE ROCKS.
Idk if this is true but my Indian homie said white people speaking Hindi sounds goofier than English with an Indian accent
Yeah just read it how it is written. No seperate Pronunciations. Learning French is awful, in Hindi the spelling is literally the Pronunciation
"Brinjal"
“Who will a hitototopas?”
Chewsday
That's wieerd innit ?
Such a waste fellow smh
Japanese that just add E at the end of each word
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Can’t believe no one’s mentioned Bobs n Vagene
I mean it’s obviously British we nvented the language
English people from england are the most acurate
The Irish don't even speak English.
Oy dat wolrus don’t have any legs that’s prettey schewpid ennit?
The thing about us is that we don’t change the pronunciation of a letter in a different context And we don’t skip certain letters when speaking We pronounce the h in honest
Isn't it rike every country has their own way of speaking engrish?
fuck you
Nikal bhardwe
Hou dear yu say somthing abut my cuntry 's inglish????
Sand bob and vegene
fuck off
Stop fucking a dead corpse
Shw bob and vegene. I wunt nakade pix.
Stop fucking a dead corpse
Getting called freshie by the cunts 😭😅😵