Re: Ancillary

Peter Duncanson (BrE) wrote, in
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on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:45:28 +0100:

On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:24:48 -0700, aspasia wrote:

What I really hate is the sing-song upward intonation at the
end of a sentence. Oddly, they have this in common with,
inter alia, some Canadians and Irish, but the Indian version
is more annoying, combined as it is with dentalization of
consonants and blurring of p&b. In studying English, are
they ever taught about blowing out the match?

You refer to "studying English". I have no figures whatsoever,
but I do know that some Indians learn the language in the home,
because English is the language of the home. This can happen
when the parents do not have a language in common other than
English. English is also an official language of India.

English is not a foreign language in India. Indian English may
seem foreign to those of us who live elsewhere, of course.

I think it is much less foreign to people brought up in the UK since it
has been known there since the days of the Raj.
--
Nick Spalding
BrE/IrE
.

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