English was barrier in IAF's date with Hawk

[Srirangan]

Seriously Brits have a difficult accent. But it is better than the Yank accent we see in the media. I sawr an Irish film, man I love their accent.

 

[BATMAN]

We all have or had our fare share of funny experiences with accent of non-native engilish speakers and some times.. grammer too. (I assume my spelling mistakes are invisible in verbal speech)
I take this opportumity to ask two quick question to our Indian friends:
1- Why you (Indians) shake your head in sort of nagative as in while saying 'YES' or in a agreement. As I know in rest of the world, for agreements the head is shaked in opposite, like:

2- Why you (Indians) always close sentence with word 'NO'?
It sounds strange to me e.g. after talking 5 minutes on an a subject and then say 'NO' at the end.

 

[Srirangan]

We all have or had our fare share of funny experiences with accent of non-native engilish speakers and some times.. grammer too. (I assume my spelling mistakes are invisible in verbal speech)
I take this opportumity to ask two quick question to our Indian friends:
1- Why you (Indians) shake your head in sort of nagative as in while saying 'YES' or in a agreement. As I know in rest of the world, for agreements the head is shaked in opposite, like:

2- Why you (Indians) always close sentence with word 'NO'?
It sounds strange to me e.g. after talking 5 minutes on an a subject and then say 'NO' at the end.

Stereotyping can come back and bite you.

 

[BATMAN]

Stereotyping can come back and bite you in the arse.

Suit your self but don't expect rest of the world to follow your inovative gestures.

Do you agree as in or disagree as in

 

[Srirangan]

Suit your self but don't expect rest of the world to follow your inovative gestures.

Do you agree as in or disagree as in

So when will you strap up a bomb and blow yourself up?

^^ Oh look Batman, even I can stereotype!

 

[Keysersoze]

Come on guys lets not take it down this route..........

 

[Awesome]

u see you cant blame them for doing that.thats the (england)english way of saying it.and most in pakistan and india try talking like english not Americans also there is a big difference in some spelling to.

It's not about trying, the high school education of the two leading chain of schools (Beacon House and City School) is in a british curriculum, the IGCSE.

 

[Keysersoze]

Wtf is a 'hmmmm'...still no answer!

Well I always thought it was like the sound hmmmmmm which means a thoughtful sound type thing.......or am I wrong?

 

[Awesome]

That's not most Indians, thats just the South Indians. Hmmm mostly from Kerala and (though Tamils disagree and will fight tooth and nail that they are not in the same category as Malbaris) Tamil Nadu.

You see what appears to be horizontal movement to us is actually kind of a roll of the head which if done properly would convey an agreement. But they do it so fast that it just looks horizontal.

The "no" is because in the malayalam language, most statements are ended with the word "illay" which means no. It is used to stress on their statement. Sort of how Pakistanis say "Sahi baat hai? or "Sahi k nahi?". That translates into "No" in English.

Understanding 'Indian English' is now just second nature to us in Dubai, but even we make a lot of fun of it, so you can imagine that those British instructors must be poking fun all throughout the training program.

 

[Keysersoze]

Dude I can always spot a Indian call centre worker. There are always subtle nuances that give them away.

 

[Adux]

That's not most Indians, thats just the South Indians. Hmmm mostly from Kerala and (though Tamils disagree and will fight tooth and nail that they are not in the same category as Malbaris) Tamil Nadu.

You see what appears to be horizontal movement to us is actually kind of a roll of the head which if done properly would convey an agreement. But they do it so fast that it just looks horizontal.

The "no" is because in the malayalam language, most statements are ended with the word "illay" which means no. It is used to stress on their statement. Sort of how Pakistanis say "Sahi baat hai? or "Sahi k nahi?". That translates into "No" in English.

Understanding 'Indian English' is now just second nature to us in Dubai, but even we make a lot of fun of it, so you can imagine that those British instructors must be poking fun all throughout the training program.

Pakistani's have an accent too, everybody has an accent. You have New Yorker, Texan, English, Glaswegien, Scottish, Liverpool, the list goes on. Its a natural thing. When it comes to English, there is only one perfect accent; the Queen's English. 'illay' means Dont you agree.

 

[Awesome]

Illay means, "no". But yes it's used in that context.

lol I've had waiters come up to me and say "Randay chicken burger, illay?"

 

[Adux]

Asim, Illa, means NO. Illay means, "isnt it so"...

 

[Srirangan]

Illay means, "no". But yes it's used in that context.

lol I've had waiters come up to me and say "Randay chicken burger, illay?"

Perhaps you look like one.. :-/

 

[Awesome]

Perhaps you look like one.. :-/

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ah well, most of them can't even speak hindi and come here working on visit visas.