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English, Hinglish or Tanglish????? Ask the Oxford Dictionary.

Discussion in 'Snippets of Life (Non-Fiction)' started by satchitananda, Dec 13, 2011.

  1. knbg

    knbg Moderator Staff Member IL Hall of Fame

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    Dear Satchi.....
    Dynamic post on the dynamics of english.....:thumbsup
    I am still stuck with "Hi"...yet to be comfortable with "Hey"....:spin
    I wish to be dynamic too....at the same pace of these languages.....:spin
    Super Sarvottam post......:):thumbsup
     
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    Shanvy IL Hall of Fame

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    Satchi,

    I am weak(actually i had a small debate if it was poor as it is used a lot these days?) in my english, the way it has evolved from the days of my schooling and the strict ways of my english teacher, later my lecturer at college.

    Actually though we say a lot about the OED (oxford english dictionary for short), it is interesting to read the history of the same, which i did after the blog from cheeniya sir on the language. and anybody interested can check it out here..History of the OED : Oxford English Dictionary

    Recently, there was a headline in the hindu, a engineer caught for sexting..and here i was thinking it was a spelling mistake until i realised that it was a message with implicit/explicit sexual tones..

    The almanac my son uses has all the relevant information updated..wikipedia, has a page for tanglish, hinglish, Indian English, the Regional dialects of English in India..Enjoy reading..

    Tanglish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Indian English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Regional differences and dialects in Indian English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    note the babu english, butler english and the list goes on...
     
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  3. satchitananda

    satchitananda IL Hall of Fame

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    Dear Kerman,

    Talking of spellings, take a look at this one. Says it all.

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    Hahaha. When the Kohinoor belongs to the Brits, why not chicken tikka eh?????
     
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    Dear Sumitha,

     
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    Hi Soumedh,

     
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    Very true Aruna, that is why we have to say "will the 'real' English please stand up"? :)
     
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    yes absolutely right.smsinglish is another english nowadays...
     
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    Dear Sudha,

    You have my whole hearted sympathies dear. This particular bank is notorious for being deaf. They only talk, they can't hear. So please humour them a bit. They don't understand ANY language, their ears and brains being impervious to all of them.

    Sorry, but that is the only information I have to share with you in this matter and could not be more helpful. :hide: :bonk
     
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    Hi Akhilaa,

    Can understand your sentiments fully well. Do you know the German language has been invaded by English words which are used as verbs such as "fax", "xerox" etc.? Hardliners are now calling for "repurification" of the language if I may use that term. :) So I guess this virus hits all languages.
     
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    Hi Sri,

    That reminded me of my colleague in the UK who kept talking of the "Buddha" pronouncing the name the way "old man" is pronounced in Hindi. It took me some time to understand what she was saying. Can't blame her. After all "Buddha" would have been a buddha if he had been around today. :p
     

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