How English is turning into a language native speakers will soon not understand.
Posts Tagged ‘english’
The evolution of Panglish
Posted in miscellaneous, tagged chinese, chinglish, english, evolution, funny, globalization, language, linguistics, panglish, society, vocabulary on June 30, 2008| 1 Comment »
Indian English
Posted in India, tagged english, funny, humor, indian english, language, quirky indian, rediff on June 24, 2008| 1 Comment »
Quirky Indian has a hilarious post about the way we Indians misuse the English language. To his many well-chosen examples, I’d add one more — when asking a question, Indians often put the pronoun before the verb, as in, “what you are saying”.
To those curious to find more such examples, here’s a simple instruction that’s guaranteed to work. Go to rediff.com, click on any news article and read the comments.