Comments on: 6 Indian usages of English I can’t understand… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/ A little bit of everything under the sun. Sun, 06 Aug 2023 04:36:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-18662 Sunil Rajguru Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:42:26 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-18662 Smriti: I still get it in 2015!
Anand: Yeah, good ones!

]]> By: Anand Rao http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-18652 Anand Rao Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:24:37 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-18652 Some more amusing phrases: “Nice scoldings..” “Small signature…”

]]> By: smriti http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-6912 smriti Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:12:44 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-6912 too good. @ one is something that bugs me no end. and there are people i have tried explaining it to,but then there are those who always know better!!!

]]> By: Reddy http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-1033 Reddy Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:23:16 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-1033 Thanks Sunil

]]> By: Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-1030 Sunil Rajguru Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:02:16 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-1030 Reddy,

1. Deceive and grumble wer amazing creations and we loved using them.

2. Safe is used as a noun (Let’s blow the safe) and adjective (The boy is safe). In the usage you have mentioned above, an adverb should be used: I reached safely. Safely is an adverb. (reach is a verb). So I would say that “I reached safe” is wrong! Though I don’t remember coming across that usage.

3. The other example is very very unique in the English language, for flammable and inflammable are synonyms! English is truly a very funny language.

Hope that answers your queries.

Cheers!
Sunil

]]> By: Reddy http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-1024 Reddy Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:34:11 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-1024 Sunil, A correction to my post above :
These lines :

the english exams, the usage “I reached safe ” was always deemed incorrect and the explanation given in Competition success review (remember that?) magazine was “there is so such thing as safely”.

Should be :

the english exams, the usage “I reached safely ” was always deemed incorrect and the explanation given in Competition success review (remember that?) magazine was “there is so such thing as safely”.

]]> By: Reddy http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-1023 Reddy Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:32:08 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-1023 Hay Sunil,
You know the “disu” is shortened form for “deceive” so in expansion it meant – I deceived the class today- I know a strange way to express – I bunked the class today. It was one those gems we used in school like this one – “I grumbled to my senior” – as phrase used to describe talking back with supposed disrespect and being disobedient.

And the two into two is a gem, all over india in most schools multiplication tables are taught that way while in the UK/Ireland it always is two by two.

Also, Sunil, may be you might clarify this for me, I haven’t got an answer for years now -
Is this usage correct – “I reached safe ” or I reached safely” The reason I am asking this is in many of those UPSE competitive exams – the english exams, the usage “I reached safe ” was always deemed incorrect and the explanation given in Competition success review (remember that?) magazine was “there is so such thing as safely”.

And then this one, should it be “Flammable chemical inside ” or should it be “Inflammable chemical inside” , in India the latter would be correct usage, but it Ireland it the the former, that’s used by most people and on signage ? So what is the right way ?

Cheers
LNR

]]> By: Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-422 Sunil Rajguru Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:49:31 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-422 Thanks!

]]> By: purnima http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-420 purnima Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:52:13 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-420 wow..!!!
i was so embarrassed when i read about “@” but it is so true…
i really enjoyed reading you.
hope to read more of u

regards purnima

]]> By: Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/25-things/6-indian-usages-of-english-i-can%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#comment-145 Sunil Rajguru Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:15:44 +0000 http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=528#comment-145 Thanks all for the praises!

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