More on English

November 9th, 2006 2 Comments »

The BBC has an article called It’s Hinglish, innit? which serves as a great follow-up to an earlier article of mine, English in India, along with the discussion I had with Borneo Breezes. To quote the article:

Hinglish - a hybrid of English and south Asian languages, used both in Asia and the UK - now has its own dictionary. Is it really a pukka way to speak?

It also hits on a point people don’t often realise:

It’s also the language of globalisation. There are more English-speakers in India than anywhere else in the world . . .