Thursday 13 December 2007

What's In A Word?

We have Manglish, or Malaysian English, Singlish, or Singapore English, Indian English, Hong kong English, and others as they are spoken by non-native speakers of other Commonwealth countries. The varieties of English are simply astounding. They have enriched the language and make it truly a world language which Esperanto could never hope to emulate.

It is the pronunciation and intonation of the non-native speakers that differentiate markedly one variety of English from another. And they are often 'exploited' for comic effect in movies and television. The clip below is an example of Indian English. Taken from You Tube, it is a remake of the original version which is not as funny as this.

Warning!

Please do not listen to the audio clip if you are squirmish about the "f" word.


2 comments:

  1. He is no English professor, it is Osho, the religious leader, now dead and gone. If you search for osho on youtube, you'll identify the same background laughter track and his voice. k

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  2. Datuk Yip Kum Fook is very stupid and dirty to Buddha and MCA in Malaysia...MCA is very weak. Now, so many MCA members jump the party and also the Samnak Sambodhi Buddhist Temple, now the local people do not enter because they do not like the committee members, maybe the temple will no longer be one day, must be close according to our prediction.

    Instead, we must inform Datuk Yip Kum Fook about opening a lawyer's office to cheat the people's money and lie to the Malaysia government about lawyer...we know you are very well, from the beginning of your business furniture and playing politics in Kepong

    Many lawyers also don't like him because he is not a real lawyer...his title is a lawyer bought from a UK institution (no need to learn and practice about law)..Better close or close the office… it is a shame for Malaysia….

    From Uncle Lim, Taman Ehsan, Kepong

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