tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714948.post111924920307722639..comments2024-03-11T18:12:47.576+05:30Comments on Dick & Garlick: Righta? Wronga?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714948.post-1122232858965061872005-07-25T00:50:00.000+05:302005-07-25T00:50:00.000+05:30There is a related wikipedia page titled "Madras B...There is a related wikipedia page titled <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_bashai" REL="nofollow">"Madras Bashai"</A> that I found quite informative and amusing.ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02297355348727397419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714948.post-1122199227548770722005-07-24T15:30:00.000+05:302005-07-24T15:30:00.000+05:30Slough, Berkshire seems to be split between Urdu a...Slough, Berkshire seems to be split between Urdu and Punjabi; while I imagine Hindi gets a look in further north in Luton, Bedfordshire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714948.post-1122119759671685982005-07-23T17:25:00.000+05:302005-07-23T17:25:00.000+05:30Hurdabi?Hurdabi?R Devrajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305971293130740780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714948.post-1121884693254056182005-07-21T00:08:00.000+05:302005-07-21T00:08:00.000+05:30Sitting on top of the Vembley omnibus as I occasio...Sitting on top of the Vembley omnibus as I occasionally do, my ears prick up at the sounds of a different creole - made up of Hinglish, Tinglish and Punglish all compressed into something different. <BR/>What are people's thoughts on what this will turn out to be - a latter-day Hindustani or a new pidgin form of English?<BR/>Doubtless in places like Luton Hurdabi is quietly establishing a niche Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714948.post-1121669761744267942005-07-18T12:26:00.000+05:302005-07-18T12:26:00.000+05:30>the suffixed -u is not pronounced 'correctoo'I di...>the suffixed -u is not pronounced 'correctoo'<BR/><BR/>I did call it a half-vowel - to my untrained ears, it's shorter than a short <EM>u</EM>. As for the pronunciation key, here's a link to a site on the <A HREF="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/tamilweb/book/chapter1/node5.html" REL="nofollow">Phonetics of Spoken Tamil</A>.R Devrajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305971293130740780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714948.post-1121667630054260412005-07-18T11:50:00.000+05:302005-07-18T11:50:00.000+05:30The Yogustus Caesar excerpt is plain retarded. I k...The Yogustus Caesar excerpt is plain retarded. I know that's supposed to be funny(!), but a conversation like that would have the auto-driver taking you to Kilpauk.<BR/><BR/>Everything else, pretty much correctu. :)<BR/><BR/>PS: It might be worthy to mention that the suffixed -u is not pronounced 'correctoo', though I'm not sure if there is a pronunciation key that would help explain it better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com