rangeelaraja Posted May 23 Author Posted May 23 Why is this priced higher ? It is “ export quality “. As if domestically sold products are supposed to be inferior. You won’t hear this elsewhere. Another one related to quality… unique to India. “ This is the best in the market, A1 quality “ WTF is A1 ? It’s like how the bond rating agencies - Moody / Fitch/ Standard and Poor rate bonds - - - ( AAA, AA1 … ) BacktoCricaddict and coffee_rules 2
BacktoCricaddict Posted May 24 Posted May 24 Everywhere, University gives exam. Students take exam. Only in India, university gives exam. Then student also gives exam that university gave them. rangeelaraja and Mariyam 2
rangeelaraja Posted May 24 Author Posted May 24 3 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said: Everywhere, University gives exam. Students take exam. Only in India, university gives exam. Then student also gives exam that university gave them. This is a classic case of translating colloquial Hindi to English. In Hindi, you will never hear this for any student...." woh exam le raha hai " ....it is always .... " woh exam de raha hai " De = give. ; so it becomes, " the student is giving the exam "
rangeelaraja Posted May 24 Author Posted May 24 Some additional Indian English classic, never used by native English speaking counties " Do one thing " ( translation of ek kaam karo ) " He is out of station " ( instead of he is out of town or he is away or traveling .....not sure what is the origin of this ). I confused /amused some folks here when I used " I am out of station " in the West. Lord and mishra 2
jf1gp_1 Posted May 24 Posted May 24 I am shifting my house - Don't know if it's used in other countries as well but Americans would I ask this standard question, how do you shift house. BacktoCricaddict 1
Mariyam Posted May 24 Posted May 24 @randomGuy The 99.9% of Indians speak Hindi figure you keep throwing around is false. Maybe by knowing Hindi you mean knowing one word or one sentence. 99.9% of UP also won’t know Hindi. There will be tribal/forest dwellers who will have their own languages. Also what has religion to do with language? Being a Muslim doesn’t mean that the people necessarily speak Hindi coffee_rules 1
randomGuy Posted May 24 Posted May 24 2 minutes ago, Mariyam said: @randomGuy The 99.9% of Indians speak Hindi figure you keep throwing around is false. Maybe by knowing Hindi you mean knowing one word or one sentence. 99.9% of UP also won’t know Hindi. There will be tribal/forest dwellers who will have their own languages. Also what has religion to do with language? Being a Muslim doesn’t mean that the people necessarily speak Hindi I said '99% youngsters'. The 1% youngsters who can't speak basic Hindi are from TN primarily. Muslims in Telugu states and Karnataka speak Hindi/Urdu primarily... You may ask the posters from those states as well as ask Google/AI. In Kerala/TN, speak local language, but know Hindi as well, esp in kerala.
Mariyam Posted May 24 Posted May 24 1 minute ago, randomGuy said: I said '99% youngsters'. The 1% youngsters who can't speak basic Hindi are from TN primarily. Muslims in Telugu states and Karnataka speak Hindi/Urdu primarily... You may ask the posters from those states as well as ask Google/AI. In Kerala/TN, speak local language, but know Hindi as well, esp in kerala. Muslims in Gujarat speak Gujarati primarily. Even those in Mumbai from Gujarati households: Khojas, Bohris, Memons all speak their own languages. Gujarati or Kutchi. Hardly is Hindi spoken at home. The only Hindi/Urdu speaking Muslims who earlier spoke another language are Pashtuns who migrated in the early 1900s and their subsequent generations exclusively speak Urdu. Muslims in MH especially Konkan speak Marathi/Konkani primarily. Muslims in coastal Karnataka speak Konkani. Muslims in Blr, or at least the ones I’ve come across are Kannada speaking.
randomGuy Posted May 24 Posted May 24 1 hour ago, Mariyam said: Muslims in Gujarat speak Gujarati primarily. Even those in Mumbai from Gujarati households: Khojas, Bohris, Memons all speak their own languages. Gujarati or Kutchi. Hardly is Hindi spoken at home. The only Hindi/Urdu speaking Muslims who earlier spoke another language are Pashtuns who migrated in the early 1900s and their subsequent generations exclusively speak Urdu. Muslims in MH especially Konkan speak Marathi/Konkani primarily. Muslims in coastal Karnataka speak Konkani. Muslims in Blr, or at least the ones I’ve come across are Kannada speaking. 1. It is not 'either-or' question. People speak multiple languages with decent proficiency Hindi being one of them for everyone (99% youngsters). 2. Sania Mirza from Hyderabad speaks Hindi, doesn't speak Telugu. That should tell you something. 3. Even the least Hindi state TN, they speak Tamil which has upto 40% Sanskrit words. So, India is linguistically a lot more integrated than you think. The medium of integration is Hindi not English. 4. 99% youngsters speak basic Hindi may be on the lower side. It maybe higher. Excluding TN, it is arnd 99.6% youngsters imo.
rangeelaraja Posted May 24 Author Posted May 24 Some more Indian English gems unique to India : " Eve Teasing " --sounds like euphemism for sexual harassment. And this is not like some vernacular speaking people using this after translation, I've seen this phrase used in newspapers in India. " Convent educated " -- I think refers to Jesuit schools. But phrase is unique to India. randomGuy 1
Mariyam Posted May 24 Posted May 24 The word brinjal is used in only Indian English. Its called Eggplant or Aubergine elsewhere. mishra, coffee_rules and randomGuy 1 1 1
rangeelaraja Posted May 24 Author Posted May 24 Also Bhindi is OKRA world wide. In India it is still translated as "Lady's Fingers". randomGuy and mishra 1 1
Lord Posted May 24 Posted May 24 17 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said: Everywhere, University gives exam. Students take exam. Only in India, university gives exam. Then student also gives exam that university gave them. Students write exam. They don’t take it and go home
rangeelaraja Posted May 24 Author Posted May 24 1 hour ago, Lord said: Students write exam. They don’t take it and go home Write ? Thats old fashioned. Most competitive exams are Multiple Choice Questions selection. No writing shayting. The students take many of these exams at designated centers. They don't "write" anything.
Lord Posted May 24 Posted May 24 1 hour ago, rangeelaraja said: Write ? Thats old fashioned. Most competitive exams are Multiple Choice Questions selection. No writing shayting. The students take many of these exams at designated centers. They don't "write" anything. Its called writing still I guess. American English is different from everyone else. Bhindi is called lady finger in UK too
randomGuy Posted May 24 Posted May 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lord said: Its called writing still I guess. American English is different from everyone else. Bhindi is called lady finger in UK too How are you? Ans: first class Not in American English. But in indian and UK English. Edited May 24 by randomGuy Lord and mishra 1 1
Nikhil_cric Posted May 25 Posted May 25 13 hours ago, Mariyam said: The word brinjal is used in only Indian English. Its called Eggplant or Aubergine elsewhere. Not just India. But other parts of South and southeast Asia as well.
rangeelaraja Posted May 25 Author Posted May 25 One of the Indian classics that is 100 % Indian English … is habitual and improper use of progressive tense …. Saying …. I am having a question, I am having a headache , instead of ..I have a question, I have a headache … BacktoCricaddict 1
BacktoCricaddict Posted May 25 Posted May 25 Surprised no one remembered this gem: DIKKI jf1gp_1, bowl_out and mishra 1 2
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