Indians have been using English language in a “very very” different way for “many many” years now, compared to their western counterparts. We as people are emotional, passionate and vocal in our expressions. As long as we use our local languages, we appear little more restrained like the British. As soon as we switch to English, our choice of words is different than Americans or Canadians. Indians not only choose alternatives to express strong emotions but also add a pair of adjectives before a noun or a verb. The reason for this unique application of vocabulary is the vernacular thought process. We Indians by and large do not think in English. A Bengali thinks in Bangla and tries to translate the thoughts in English. Similarly, a Punjabi or a Marathi, or any other denomination would likely go through the same process. The resultant is something like ‘Hinglish’, a hybrid of Hindi and English.
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good one!
We obviously think in our language and respond. But not ” Think in english and talk english”!