"Murdering english:' indian style" joke
In spite of futile attempts to abolish English, it has insinuated itself into our vernaculars and emerged as a language on its own: call it Hindish, Indo-Anglian, or Indianese. Examples of this brand of English can be found everywhere in India - on hoardings, in newspaper matrimonials, wedding invitations, obituaries, speeches by politicians, and in dialogue between people of all classes. Here are examples of some frequently heard dialogue.
'Hullo ji, any navitajee news;'/?' gushes a young lass.
'Nothing new, beta,' replies her uncle.' Same to
same.'
Another dialogue.' How is your father?'
'He had one foot in the grave, you know. He
kicked the bucket with the other foot three months
ago.'
And can you add anything to the slogan:' Grow more trees. Plant less babies.'?
And finally:' Penning wise words to you is like flinging pearls before swine. Then let's have the pearls - unlike your words, the pearls at least will be cultured?'
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