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Where does the subcontinental usage of 'one' to mean 'named' come from?
Sometimes, when reading texts published in India, written by authors of Indian origin, I notice a usage of the word one in the sense of 'named,' or 'is called.' For instance, it's present in this ...
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What are the differences between Indian English and other (native) varieties?
From my observation, I can identify some differences.
Indian speakers use some Hindi words which are not found among native speakers.
Indian speakers pronounce 'w' and 'v' interchangeably.
Indian ...
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What is the origin of extra prepositions added after verbs in Indian English?
It seems that speakers of Indian English often add prepositions to create phrasal verbs in situations where the verb would have been sufficient on its own.
Some examples I have noticed:
to “pass out” ...
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Is bad English called "Butler English"?
When somebody speaks bad English it is called Butler English in India. The phrase Butler English seems to have originated in Madras presidency in the British Rule. The butlers or the maid servants ...
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Origin of "even you" without connotations of surprise/insult/praise? (Indian English)
I live in southern India, and I've noticed that in Indian English, the word "even" can be used without indicating surprise, as it does elsewhere.
Some examples:
Even you should be able to ...
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Is "the same" widely used in any native-speaking population of English speakers?
I often see "the same" used regularly in discourse from and among South Asian speakers of English, particularly among speakers of IndE, as in
I visited the tiger preserve in Ranthambore, and I ...
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Lost Out of Sky - Local Usage (India) or Typo
I was reading a news story about a jet crash in the UK from a site hosted in India, and I believe the author may also be from there.
In it, I saw the sentence:
The jet which appeared to have lost ...
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What expressions/words are still used in Indian English that are no longer in British English? [duplicate]
I was traveling through India recently and noticed that many expressions that people used that I saw were somewhat older expressions, now disused in Standard English. Examples of these were:
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Why is the term "isn't it?" so predominant in Indian English?
I apologize in advance if I am ignorantly and incorrectly assigning this to Indian English. When I was in medical school, I had a number of professors who were native to India.
Being a school ...
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What is the difference between "curd" and "yogurt"?
Most people use the words curd and yogurt interchangeably.
Both are made by fermenting milk.
Is there a difference between the two, or are they the same?
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Saying “today morning” to mean “this morning”
As an American, I use the term this morning, but I’ve noticed some Asian Indian coworkers who always say today morning to mean what I mean by this morning.
Is this an Indian English “dialectism”? Is ...
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Can 'revert' be used as a synonym of 'reply'?
I am a native speaker of American English, and I have only ever heard this usage of the word revert from one person. This person is not a native English speaker (he is from India), so he may just be ...
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Is "weightage" an English word?
Is weightage an English word?
We use it a lot in India, but I couldn't find it in my Oxford Dictionary.
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Is "prepone" being used outside India?
Prepone is a great word - it's the opposite of postpone. When you prepone a meeting, you change its scheduled time so that it occurs sooner than originally planned. Has this usage spread beyond India? ...
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