Indian English

British English and Scottish English are taught, the latter influenced Indian English with rhoticity and thrilled -r-.

RP is encouraged and promoted

Indian English has established itself as an audible distinct dialect with specific phrases

Obsolete forms of English, antiquated phrases which were fashionable 50 years ago

Indian English is an object of jokes due to ruined Grammar

BrE is popular with older generations, AmE – with younger, there are debates about variant to be adopted:

70% BBC English, 10% General American English, 17% Indian English

AmE grows popular due to TV, pop-culture, visits to the USA

AmE gradually dominates within academic, technical publications, mass media

/v/ < > /W/

Impact of Bengali, Hindi, Tamil → Benglish, Hindish, Tanglish

Progressive tense in stative verbs: I’m understanding, He is knowing the answer

Variation in number: he likes to pull your legs

Prepositions – to pay your attention on, discuss about

Tag questions: isn’t it? / no? in general questions; He’s here, no?

Word order: They’re late always. My all friends are waiting. Yes, I didn’t.

Past tense form: I had gone = I went

But & only as intensifiers: I was just joking but.

Open/ close = turn on/off

Overuse of words actually, basically, obviously in the beginning of the sentence

Overuse of the word different – different: We had gone to different different places.

Omission of the article: Let’s to ______city

Your good name please? = what’s your name?

Deadly = intensive (That movie is deadly)

Hi-fi = stylish (Your shoes are hi-fi)

Sexy = excellent & extremely cool (That’s a sexy car)

Hello! What do you want? = in telephone conversations

Back = ago: I met him 5 years back

Mr/ Mrs as common nouns: My Mrs is not feeling well

Uncle/ aunt to refer to someone significantly older

Repair = of a broken object: The TV became repair

Healthy = to refer to fat people

Dress - to refer to any clothes for men/ women/ children

Bath and bathe are interchangeable

Interjections

High-end-= of very high quality (sarcastically of work and people)

Oof! = distress& frustration

arey! Acchha! = to express range of emotions

Words from India in English

Jungle, bungalow, banana, pajamas, guru, shampoo