tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209917895693447861.post5341316469698125769..comments2023-09-05T21:24:28.397+05:30Comments on BombayJules: You say tamatar, I say tomato...BombayJuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13832768677477639407noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209917895693447861.post-89357357014493355082013-06-18T14:58:57.779+05:302013-06-18T14:58:57.779+05:30Hi Mickey. Indians may well use British English (...Hi Mickey. Indians may well use British English (as we will have introduced the language) however the pronunciations and the accent is completely individual to India/Indian mother tongue speakers. A lot of it has to do with the fact that some English vowels and consonants simply do not exist in the Hindi alphabet (or other Indian mother tongue) and so the pronunciation can only be approximate. The way the mouth is formed is completely different for some Indian English speakers. And the way the British pronounce Buffet - is Buff-AY - as it is actually a French word. These days, I am sure that American TV is having a huge influence on Indian-English accents. I have already noticed it.BombayJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832768677477639407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209917895693447861.post-84343125860652827672013-06-17T20:53:59.467+05:302013-06-17T20:53:59.467+05:30Wow! I wrote something about this topic once or tw...Wow! I wrote something about this topic once or twice at my blog, but you have written it far better and more accurately.<br />One of these days, I hope to collect all the differences in the pronunciation of English by Indians and Westerners (e.g., Americans, Canadians, British). Here, I just want to provide a recent example. I think that part of the problem (for me, at least) is that Indians use British English. I am aware of that and am knowledgeable of all (I thought) differences. One evening, my wife and I were in a restaurant admiring all the different dishes laid out on the table in front of us. She referred to it as a BUHF-it. I "corrected" her and said that it was a buh-FEY. Just now, I went to dictionary.com and saw that her way of pronunciation was the accepted British way of speaking. In this respect, I think that both of us were correct.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902794461892383492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209917895693447861.post-71033988291646583842013-06-10T10:11:51.884+05:302013-06-10T10:11:51.884+05:30Hi Rob...glad you found some amusement. It get...Hi Rob...glad you found some amusement. It get's better, honestly...you need to re-order the structure of your sentences (which I forgot to mention above) and always shake your head, whether you mean yes or no!!! Thanks for swinging by....BombayJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832768677477639407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209917895693447861.post-54135234405130817232013-06-09T22:34:57.713+05:302013-06-09T22:34:57.713+05:30Burst out laughing when I read this, I've been...Burst out laughing when I read this, I've been in Mumbai for 6 weeks so far and I know exactly what you mean - at work I've resorted to letting others order lunch for me, and I am frequently stuck trying to work out other ways of saying things that might be understood, or compromising completely.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16908512352041814089noreply@blogger.com