The Brits gave us the railways and the telegraphs, the English language and Christianity, the ......
Yes! they gave us the Jallianwala Bagh and Partition, the Gora Sahebs and the Memsahibs, the...
But most importantly they gave us _____(Hold your breath) ______ (You are not really holding your breath, are you? :D) _______AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX.
Yes! You read it right folks!
So much so that the English language has been imparted a divine status. Dare anyone pronounce 'sheep' as 'seep' 'yesterday' as 'yusturday'- WOAH!!! Grammatical errors - 'I goes' but she 'returned back' - HAAAW!!
I'm sure you must have noticed...its a common enough trend. For example : In class, the moment the teacher who has a 'funny' accent begins speaking, a wave of giggles passes through the class with a couple of kids mouthing the wrongly pronounced word.
OR If a student gets up in class to read and his accent is ___you guessed it - 'funny'(!), other kids will glance at each other or snicker softly.
Look, I'm not advocating wrong pronounciation, just saying that its interesting how people go ga-ga over Brit pronounication, American accent, Austraayelien twang but not us, never us! When it comes to a slip of the tongue by an Indian - Oh My God?!! Did you hear him speak?So desi!!!
After all, its a language. Its supposed to be twisted into, played around with or it will never evolve.
I mean if I look at any of the vernacular languages. For example : Sylheti Bengali widely differs from Bengali spoken in say...Kolkata. Or Telegu spoken in the Telengana area differs from Telegu spoken in many other parts of Andhra Pradesh.
But I doubt if that difference is treated with scorn or ridicule.
Wonder why we as people are so skeptical about anyone who doesnt conform with the rules in English? And who decides these rules anyway? Whats wrong with Indi English? Every other European country seems to have their own version.So why not us?
Yes! they gave us the Jallianwala Bagh and Partition, the Gora Sahebs and the Memsahibs, the...
But most importantly they gave us _____(Hold your breath) ______ (You are not really holding your breath, are you? :D) _______AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX.
Yes! You read it right folks!
So much so that the English language has been imparted a divine status. Dare anyone pronounce 'sheep' as 'seep' 'yesterday' as 'yusturday'- WOAH!!! Grammatical errors - 'I goes' but she 'returned back' - HAAAW!!
I'm sure you must have noticed...its a common enough trend. For example : In class, the moment the teacher who has a 'funny' accent begins speaking, a wave of giggles passes through the class with a couple of kids mouthing the wrongly pronounced word.
OR If a student gets up in class to read and his accent is ___you guessed it - 'funny'(!), other kids will glance at each other or snicker softly.
Look, I'm not advocating wrong pronounciation, just saying that its interesting how people go ga-ga over Brit pronounication, American accent, Austraayelien twang but not us, never us! When it comes to a slip of the tongue by an Indian - Oh My God?!! Did you hear him speak?So desi!!!
After all, its a language. Its supposed to be twisted into, played around with or it will never evolve.
I mean if I look at any of the vernacular languages. For example : Sylheti Bengali widely differs from Bengali spoken in say...Kolkata. Or Telegu spoken in the Telengana area differs from Telegu spoken in many other parts of Andhra Pradesh.
But I doubt if that difference is treated with scorn or ridicule.
Wonder why we as people are so skeptical about anyone who doesnt conform with the rules in English? And who decides these rules anyway? Whats wrong with Indi English? Every other European country seems to have their own version.So why not us?
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