Desi English

The Indian English is truly fascinating. It's evolved into such a compelling force that many of the words of "Indian Origin" have been included in the Oxford dictionary. Well, more power to us!

But some of the desi English has frankly left me stumped. The one that tops the list is the addition of 's' after most of the words. So an affirmative or denial is expressed as Oks or Nopes and how are you has quite inexplicably become how's you! LOL was always a rage but nowadays lolzzzz is in. I mean, seriously, loads of laughterssss??  And then you have all the dudes who can barely string two words together but that really doesn't deter them from saying things like Wassup!! Chill man Chill!!

But after sometime you end up saying all these things too. Because trying to correct them is like fighting a losing battle. The other day I went to a shop and asked for a pears soap. "Heinji??", asked the confused shopkeeper. "Pears bhaiyya Pears Soap". Sorry no soap called "Pears". Then an obliging chap corrected me."She's asking for PEERS soap." "Ohhh..To aise bolna tha na madamji!! Alright sir, whatever you say! Peers it is.

"Aaj tumhara Happy Birthday he" and "What's your good name" are passe. Sporting a fake accent is in nowadays it seems. Madhuri Dixit's newly acquired Yankee accent is quite the topic of discussion, but I'm unfazed. For soon I bet there will be people who go to the international airport and come back with an accent!! :P

But good,bad or funny, there's no denying the fact that desi english has it's own flavour that somehow makes it stand out. And well, as long as it works for us, I'm 'Okays' with it. You agree with me, no? :)