English as she is 'goodly spoken' in South Asia
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Perplexed by English as she is "goodly spoken" in South Asia?
A new website aims to help. Samosapedia is a crowd-sourcing attempt at compiling a definitive guide to the unique English of the Indian subcontinent.
So if your neighbors blame you for "eating their head," you will know they are annoyed at all your questions.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}And if your friend wants you to come to his "passing out" ceremony, you'll know that he is inviting you to his graduation.
Two centuries of British rule made English a status symbol and a key to social mobility. It also created a perplexing dialect of Britishisms, Hindi and regional language words. The website gives young South Asians an outlet to poke fun at themselves and their language.