Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Indian English
No doubt, India has contributed many words to the English language, thanks to the recognition and receptivity willingly accorded by the native speakers. We have every reason to be proud of words like 'guru', 'yoga' and 'ayurveda' having found a place in the dictionaries, whether online or on-shelf. It is always amazing to see words being coined, based on logic. 'Prepone' and 'recordical' are the two words often heard. It might be true that unless we use them frequently, they will not gain popularity and acceptability. Be that as it may!
We should, however, remember the fact that such words will only be frowned upon in formal contexts (particularly in the examinations that follow British English in our country) as they are considered non-standard. We need, therefore, to use 'advance' for 'prepone' and 'documentary' for 'recordical'.
# posted by Anglophile @ 4:19 PM 
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