What word do I use to describe people from India & neighboring ...
2018年1月9日 · If I were to refer to people from China/Korea/Japan without specifying their country I would use the term "Asian" and likewise for people from Germany/France/Greece I would use the term "European". However people who come from countries neighboring India such as Sri Lanka or Fijian Indians do not like to be classified as "Indian" because this ...
"Indian" comes from Italian/Spanish "gente in dios" (God-like …
2019年3月20日 · There's nothing wrong with the word Indian. First of all, it's important to know that the word Indian does not derive from Columbus mistakenly believing he had reached "India". India was not even called by that name in 1492; it was known as Hindustan. More likely, the word Indian comes from Columbus's description of the people he found here.
People From India - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2011年1月23日 · The United States government uses the term Indian on all government matters (i.e. Bureau of Indian Affairs, etc). Overall conclusion: First People do not seem to take offense to being referred to as Indian. The people who most frequently raise objections to the term tend are not First People nor near them. How To Ask For Clarification
Why do some people say "v" as "w"? - English Language & Usage …
2014年11月13日 · An Indian who speaks English professionally (eg a newscaster speaking to an English audience, or an English teacher) can practice to say the v sound, but I think it takes a lot of work, judging by how many of my friends from India still say v words with a w sound, including teachers and newscasters.
pronunciation - Why is Indian English usually rhotic? - English ...
2019年2月5日 · But some speakers of Indian English, primarily in the South, use /r/ in almost all positions in words using the letter 'r', similar to most American and some Irish dialects. The allophone used is a mild trill or a tap. Indian speakers do not typically use the retroflex approximant /ɻ/ for , which is common for American English speakers
What is the origin and extent of the Indian English usage of "only" …
2016年6月19日 · Indian English uses the word "only" in a special way. It's used to emphasize things. Sort of like US/UK/AU/NZ people would use the word "indeed." Some examples (several of which shamelessly stolen from this answer): I was born in Calcutta only. You're just stating clearly where you were born. It's a new movie only.
Why do Americans still call Native Americans ‘Indians’?
2016年2月15日 · There's nothing wrong with the word Indian. First of all, it's important to know that the word Indian does not derive from Columbus mistakenly believing he had reached "India". India was not even called by that name in 1492; it was known as Hindustan. More likely, the word Indian comes from Columbus's description of the people he found here. He ...
british english - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2014年2月25日 · The people of that general racial/ethnic background (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan) are Aryo-Indian and believed to be distantly, historically related to Europeans and Iranians. Thus it makes more sense for people to use Asian to mean the combined populations of China, Japan, the Koreas and most of Southeast Asia, which are also ...
Indian-English usage of "Kindly"
2017年11月9日 · In an Indian language like Hindi, we say Kripaya. Translated to English it literally means kindly. Similarly, other Indian languages also have the same pattern. For instance, Kannada Dayavittu, which also translates to kindly. Hence, we Indians mistake kindly to …
Do people from India consider English their primary language?
Many non-Indian English speakers find Indian English hard to understand, and vice versa; it's changed quite a lot from RP over the centuries. Many educated Indians can also speak other dialects, like RP or even American; but they rarely consider any English their native language, unless they were raised by at least one native speaker.