http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:01:55 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-228568 Very well written. The Itinerant Indian who used to pride himself on his English, finds that his Indian is considered archaic. Those of us who are well schooled in our English seem like we stepped out of a time machine, speaking English from Wodehouse. And from there straight to the sms version of English. "How da do?" We seemed to have missed a trick in the middle. 228568@desicritics.org Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:01:55 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-228497 er, where did this one come from? Dude, chill! Ams: ??? 228497@desicritics.org Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:14:12 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-222728 Dee: :D Deepa: Thank you :) I don't get the concept of the invisible 'r' at the end of the 'a' sound either. Instead of 'Emma and so-and-so', folks say 'Emmar-and so-and-so'. go figure! Tanya er, Tanay: Thank you kindly! Glaswegian accent is a whole new ball game, innit? 222728@desicritics.org Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:31:07 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-221453 Eggxactly :), reminds me how I, was always addressed as 'Taanya', in a heavy Scottish accent during my stay in Glasgow for 5 months, 2 years back. DesiGirl, once a desi always a desi and proudly so, what if with a few glitches in pronunciation [sounds, rather feels awkward when you know that you didn't make any mistake from your point of view, then when you learn from someone your mistake, you say to yourself, Ohhhhhhhhh is it, anyways thats learning]..Sooper post 221453@desicritics.org Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:37:00 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-221421 That was a lovely read. To all my UK friends - no matter what part of the UK they are from, I'm 'Deeper', never 'Deepa'. 221421@desicritics.org Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:07:34 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-221408 Kya bola re?;) 221408@desicritics.org Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:00:02 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-221335 You taking the michael, Dee? ;) 221335@desicritics.org Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:27:09 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-221317 DG gone native;) 221317@desicritics.org Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:14:11 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-221271 rhyming slang makes my mind curdle. As a linguist by education, the differences between the "englishes" also fascinate me. Indian english is by far the most interesting to me because while I can clearly see the British influence (in spelling, in sentence structure, etc.) it has also taken it's own path and evolved into something totally separate. I still think my fave is the use of "homely" for someone who has good domestic skills. In the US homely means someone who is very, very ugly. No one would purposefully search for a HOMELY bride! :) 221271@desicritics.org Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:21 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-221168 HA HA! I actually like rhyming slang, Ams. Every day at work I go, 'so why is that called so?' and everyone asks everyone else till it comes back to me: 'L, why don't you Google it and tell us!' 221168@desicritics.org Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:44:18 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/06/11/000639.php#comment-221035 Ahem, how about a translation then? God, that rhyming slang is awful! No wonder Hollywood keeps screwing it up and still can't resist it. Moths to a flame. 221035@desicritics.org Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:21:36 EDT