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V.Balasubramani
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[h=2]Umrikan vs Angrezi: Why Donald Trump has trouble understanding us, and vice versa[/h]Referring to Indian call centres which respond to queries from customers in the US, America’s would-be president Donald Trump has said that he has trouble understanding Indians when they speak. This is understandable.
Because we Indians, call centre workers or others, speak English, or Angrezi. Whereas Donald, like his fellow citizens, speaks Americanese, or Umrikan, as we call it. It is this language barrier which makes it difficult for Americans to understand us, and for us to understand them.
So when Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes to the US next month – his fourth visit since assuming office – he’d do well to take a refresher course in Umrikan boli.
Read more at: http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatime...-has-trouble-understanding-us-and-vice-versa/
Because we Indians, call centre workers or others, speak English, or Angrezi. Whereas Donald, like his fellow citizens, speaks Americanese, or Umrikan, as we call it. It is this language barrier which makes it difficult for Americans to understand us, and for us to understand them.
So when Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes to the US next month – his fourth visit since assuming office – he’d do well to take a refresher course in Umrikan boli.
Read more at: http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatime...-has-trouble-understanding-us-and-vice-versa/