What Augusto says is true. On a related note, I was surprised that George Bernard Shaw spoke English with an Indian accent. Please see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40VegR6uaTI Cheers, Santosh ----- Original Message ----- > From: augusto pinto <[email protected]> > To: goanet <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:00 AM > Subject: [Goanet] Re different English - then. > > On Oct 23, 2012, at 8:54 AM, "Patrice Riemens" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRWTzp3RlJk >> >> Indian cabinet ministers sure spoke different English then! > > Comment: Very very few Indians spoke that kind of English then, indeed the > minuscule number would probably be those who attended some Oxbridge > college. The BPO and call centre companies that have sprung up in the last > decade will ensure that far more people are capable of emitting the sort of > sounds that B. M. Kaul (I think) is generating. > > However Patrice sounds as if he approves of the noises that Kaul is making. > if you ask me whether people should be talking like Kaul, well the answer > is an emphatic no. This sort of English sounds insufferably pompous and > artificial and would evoke remarks like Englishman - Bolsan Shen. > > A distinct educated Indian pronunciation standard is being evolved now, > exemplified by the newsreaders and reporters of CNN-IBN or NDTV. This is a > much more sensible and natural way of speaking English for Indians than > Kaul's phish-phash. > > Cheers > Augusto >
