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6 sentences that make absolutely no sense!


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varun cheemra
Vee
by varun cheemra on Dec 19, 2014 07:35 PM  | Hide replies

I was finding you, instead of saying I was looking for you.

Light is gone, instead of saying there's no electricity or power.

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nicky b
Re: Vee
by nicky b on Dec 19, 2014 09:52 PM
Good additions

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ragavendran krrao
Iron
by ragavendran krrao on Dec 19, 2014 01:12 PM

Iron has to be pronounced with 'r' (IrON) silent. But now it has become a practice that it is pronounced as IRON.

What about the Chinese English!!!! that's another new version.

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Rajesh Shetty
More Indian English words
by Rajesh Shetty on Dec 19, 2014 12:33 PM

There are so many that we have invented for ourselves, something like 'prepone' thinking that is opposite for postpone. So many times the usage of word out being used wrongly

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Cynic
This will become correct one day
by Cynic on Dec 19, 2014 12:21 PM  | Hide replies

As per one academician, In next 15 years, India will have maximum number of English speakers in the world (some 300 million perhaps). With this, the way Indians speak English will be the right way.

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Harish Manwani
Re: This will become correct one day
by Harish Manwani on Dec 19, 2014 04:48 PM
Yes, you are right. Language keeps changing all the time, so I guess some of these strange usage will find its way into regular English.

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Prakash Paithankar
Re: This will become correct one day
by Prakash Paithankar on Dec 19, 2014 07:31 PM
Moreover, our beloved Prime Minister speaks in his peculiar "Hinglish" language which will soon become popular in India.

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Cynic
Re: This will become correct one day
by Cynic on Dec 19, 2014 08:30 PM
Yeah. Harish and Prakash. English, like most other languages is dynamic and gets a complete makeover every few decades. We don's use Queen's English anymore. No wonder we may have co-brother in OED as early as in 2015 or 2016

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Varadarajan Ravindran
Re: Re: This will become correct one day
by Varadarajan Ravindran on Dec 20, 2014 05:42 AM
You are absolutely correct on this point.

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Here are some more!
by on Dec 19, 2014 12:15 PM

Remove my ticket! Remove my photo!
There was one ladies...
Looking TV


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Nice Thinker
Rediff
by Nice Thinker on Dec 19, 2014 11:38 AM

Please stop your automated moderation tool. It's of no use. Even genuine comments don't go through.

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