INDIAN ENGLISH, SO VERY LOVELY

A conversation yesterday evening imparted the startling news that Desi English was impenetrable for many Americans, and hence call-centres were being opened in the Philippines so that technically illiterate Yanks could be carefully and gently walked through simple procedures on their computers or hand-held devices.

Given that I too have carefully and gently walked my fellow Yanks through basic arithmetic and spelling, at least that last was thoroughly believable.

The purported unintelligibility, not.

I've heard Texans.

Mumble drawl and bark.

Good lord, I say, good lord.

However, there are times when the world's most widely spoken version of English may seem slightly incomprehensible to plain white ears.
Not everyone is from Yorkshire.
Or Rednekkistan.


JINGELLAH-JINGELL!



[SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uR9JAZdAfA.]


It is melodious and festive. And this, my friends, is what everyone speaking English one hundred years from now will sound like. Because more people speak Desi English than Americanese or Cockney.
As for the Philippinos, sometimes they are quite incomprehensible, despite their neat ability to do basic math and spell correctly.


Melodious & festive, approximately & exactly.


Desi English saru chhe.



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