Hinglish/Indian English C/D, S/D

Let’s fast-forward the songs. They’re too long.

Sund4r is one of the most big actor, you can see the amount of hardwork he has put, but despite all his qualities perfectly humble. If you seek an autograph from Sund4r, ask him only!

:)

( should I have said Bengaluru upthread?)

I once had to edit (read: convert to American English) a 500-page novel written like this. It nearly drove me insane.

Yesterday I was roaming with my friends, there was much snowfall

No issue

Dusky, convent educated ILX0R, from good fly. seeking, well-placed, animal loving, pure vegetarian groom, caste no bar (OBC,SC/ST please excuse)

(It was paining me to type that, tbh)

No place here for casteism, colourism, or communalism.

(Very happy at how this thread worked out. some of my favorites are short and sweet such as)

I can play some nice numbers.

― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, July 27, 2018 10:28 PM

Simply don't say, shy is coming!

― mick signals, Saturday, July 28, 2018 11:19 AM (yesterday)

Please don’t eat my head!

(Translation from Kannada, apparently)

Traditional values, modern outlook

(Just ran into an Indian American acquaintance and tried this stuff out but it fell on deaf ears)

( and my ears were deaf as well, since I stood in front of the amplifiers of the loud metal band my friend had booked to play in the park)

(Don’t quite get it, guy’s house is filled with Bollywood movie posters and lots of other references to aspects of Indian culture)

(Also somehow this is making me review the fact that Prasanna has collaborated with A.R. Rahman, but I thought he might have some other composers in his family tree except I can’t figure out who)

Hindi films are in Hindi only tbf.

(Sure but the Bollywood posters is only one thing. The guy was telling me about various travels in India. He must have expose to IE. Really just trying to determine whether he is just a visual artist type and not tuned into that stuff or if he wasn’t expecting to be discussing it in the situation we were in. Not going to think about too much now)

(Really I am afraid I offended the guy, he moves in very woke circles. I guess I can find out)

Don't take tension, sir.

(Lol, thanks)

Greetings of the day!

Yes, i can imagine a lot of NRIs might not appreciate it.

Indian English is legit interesting as a dialect, in the same way that American English or Australian English is, but idk how easy it would be for everyone to separate that interest from its use a tool to mock Indian migrants (Apu style).

Partic, which may or may not be the case, if you had parents who brought you up to think that non-US-standard English is wrong / embarrassing.

(Yeah, exactly. Just saw on instagram guy has a “stay woke” note his kid made him so... In any case, told him about Prasanna gig on Saturday, will see how that smooths things over)

I am sure your friendship will not perish due to this mishap.

(Okay, new week so maybe now I will tell you about this website I found which calls itself “The definite guide to South Asian lingo,” namely http://www.samosapedia.com/
Don’t know what to make of it. Seems to be a giant superset of what we have discussed so far, but maybe it is hyper-specific and up-to-date as of three years ago at least, and will go stale quicker)

(Prasanna doing his monthly gig in about a half hour. This month it’s a tribute to A.R. Rahman and he’s got some top Latin musicians in the band. Maybe I can catch the end of it. I’ve heard him speaking Tamil before, a language with which I have zero familiarity)

Right on. I'm listening to his 2000 Carnatic album Natabhairavi.

ShariVari OTM upthread as well; lol at Americans mocking people from other countries for modifying the English language, though.

(Still, yes,, can be a touchy subject these days.)

recently came across this fascinating forum http://indusladies.com/community/find-new/26555920/posts

this thread includes the wonderful phrase: "As long as he behaves decent, ignore; it is a harmless pass time."

I am enjoying the cultural flavor of some of the jokes posted there (especially by user ksuji), and the IE usages definitely add to it.

:

Mrs. & Mr. Ramaswamy went to US on a six-month trip -- your guess is correct, their daughter was carrying.
On a pleasant morning, Mr. Ramaswamy was watching the TV where a live show of sending a satellite was being telecast from NASA. The countdown began ,
10, 9, 8, 7,6,5,4, 3,2,1,0.......
The rocket was stationary, motionless , quiet, retaining its place.
Nothing happened.
All the scientists and other staff were very much worried, they had a morose , grim face . They all checked every part inch by inch, cm by cm.Everything was alright.
They tried to start.
A second countdown.
NOTHING HAPPENED.

A final check : mm by mm.
A final countdown.
It was STATIC.
They were not weeping , that is all.
So many millions of $ should go into a waste? All the countries are watching.
Time passed and passed.

The higher ups , chairman,ministers, President and all were very much worried.
Mr. Ramaswamy made a call to the space center and asked whether he could give a humble suggestion.
From the President, Ministers, Chief of the Centre to the last staff came running to the video conference. When they had lost hope they were prepared to hear the suggestion of even a child. The President immediately announced ,if the suggestion would work , Mr.Ramaswamy would be rewarded with a Big house,a Mercedes car,free education up to any level for his children and grandchildren, a good amount of pension and what not.
Mr.Ramaswamy refused the rewards , if any, but was told that once announced it is confirmed.
Within the next half an hour he was taken to the Space Center by a helicopter where he was given a warm welcome. A large number of people gathered around him waiting for the move of his lips. All of them were prepared to do whatever he ordered.
Ramaswamy asked them to turn the rocket 45° to the left and then 45° to the right and then set it aright.
They did so.
He then asked them to make the countdown .
They also did so.
OH!!!!! TO THE WONDER AND ASTONISHMENT OF EVERYONE THE ROCKET FLEW PIERCING THE AIR, ATMOSPHERE AND THE SKY.
They were all amazed.
People around lifted Ramaswamy and shouted "Hip Hip Hurray".
They exchanged ##s (what is the substitute of laddu in USA ?) among each other . Mr.Ramaswamy became a genius,honorable and dignified person to all of them. Ramaswamy was then taken outside the cordoned limit where all media persons were waiting for him for an interview.
The media men asked him how he sensed the fault and found the right solution for it.
Mr.Ramaswamy said," Whenever my scooter strikes on the way I am used to turn it about 45° this side and that side, and then kick,it will start immediately".
(All the above is only for the purpose of joke ; it is all read somewhere, so many years back --if not allowed pl. remove this thread).
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PS: He was taken back to his house with due honour and the rewards were not withdrawn. Nowadays some corporates are seeking his help for solving their problems.

Mrs. Soandso was fat , very fat , very very fat. As advised by the doctor she was in dire necessity to reduce her weight.
She saw an advertisement which claimed to reduce her weight by FIFTY kilograms in a month. She paid a large amount and bought the tablets . After taking a few tablets some allergy developed. As per doctor's advice she discontinued taking tablets . The money back guarantee of the company is still in the air.
Her doctor advised her that walking is the only best solution .
Instead of walking two kilometers a day , (as the doctor said " say, from your house to the temple "),she walked about two hundred metres a day by going through shortcut ; sometimes she would get lift in some two-wheeler.
Her doctor advised her to take two chapatis in the nights . She was very obedient to the doctor and sincerely ADDED two, sometimes three or four , ghee spread chapatis to her supper,daily.
Mrs.Soandso was like a child .
(அவங்களுக்கு குழந்தை உள்ளம்).
Whenever she bought cakes or chocolates for her children there would be a share for her too.
Her weight didn't reduce , instead increased.
She bought a hot belt (like a hot plate )--
Again only burns and allergies.
At last as advised by the lady in the next house she joined horse riding.
There was an excellent result :
THE WEIGHT WAS REDUCED BY TWENTY KILOGRAMS WITHIN ONE MONTH --(weight
of the horse ).

haha, love those

I am recognizing this type. It pulls my nerve.

I saw L. Subramaniam at the Great India Festival in front of City Hall last night and was reminded of this thread: https://imgur.com/a/JvHkRpj

Actually, if you can see this, I might delete the Imgur post: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qRhNf9nNNUtPitBP6

I can see it only. Kindly do the needful

Dr. Subramaniam is a real maestro.

Delectable

(Taking a look at the new Duolingo Hindi course. I tried to learn Hindi several years ago. I seemed to get a basic grasp- the grammar is Indo-European and doesn't seem so complicated, and I spent a little time working on the writing system- but I actually got a little discouraged in that it is not the home language for as many as you might think and it seems to almost irritate some people when you try to learn it.

Learning a language should not give botheration for anyone. Thinking that Hindi is the native tongue for all or even most Indians, or that it is the national language = a grave mishap

I think I saw that only 41% of India’s population are considered native Hindi speakers and “only” 54% say they can speak it as a first or second language.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/why-is-tamil-nadu-opposed-to-imposition-of-hindi/article18401295.ece

Also worth remembering that Modern Standard Hindi isn’t going to be the form spoken everywhere.

The above newspaper is a first class example of Indian English writing btw.

Interesting, thanks. Yes, I remarked upon the exemplary nature of the prose.

I had another tangentially related question. There are certain words that come from Arabic or Persian, say, that seem to also appear in Hindi and Turkish, for example, which I always assume got passed around by some empire, be it Ottoman, Mughal, Safavid or other, but of course could have been transmitted by some other route. Curious if such words made into other languages on the subcontinent, although the only one I can think of right now is kitap or kitab, meaning "book."

Especially " even though not many are optimistic of the ability of the issue to catapult any political formation to capture power. " Also, I might have to start using "chutney on the leaf."

The term ‘hindi’ itself is of Persian origin iirc.

There’s a tonne of them - sabzhi, naraanji, etc, some of which are the same in, for example, Gujarati and Bangla, some of which are different.

I say this confidently like I can read Hindi, rather than read a menu, but for the avoidance of doubt, I absolutely can’t.