AARGH! INDO-AMERICAN ENGLISH!

Andrew Green Poetry April 18, 2018 1 Minute

Marvellous….. even native English speakers get dragged into Americanisms. I have reblogged on my site.

As a former British colony
But besotted with those darn Americans
We are just so very confused
Us poor contemporary English-speaking Indians

Is it an exercise in collusion
To add doubt and Bollywood vernacular
To a language widely spoken
Making it quite uniquely peculiar

When “realise” with an “s”
Is now perfectly acceptable with a “z”

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I am a regular contributor to Wattpad where I write as andrewagreen. My first two collections on Wattpad were featured. My first published book Margaret’s Story - a biography of my mother in verse is available on Amazon. I live near Windsor, Berkshire and have offered my services, so far unsuccessfully, as the next Poet Laureate. View all posts by Andrew Green

Published April 18, 2018

6 thoughts on “AARGH! INDO-AMERICAN ENGLISH!”

Reflections of an Untidy Mind says:

April 18, 2018 at 11:40 pm

I’ve dropped the ‘me’ from my spelling of program. Have to move with the times. Just a little bit.

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1. Andrew Green says:
  
  April 19, 2018 at 2:44 pm
  
  You do?
  
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2. Andrew Green says:
  
  April 19, 2018 at 2:45 pm
  
  I’ll have to think about an orange tan.
  
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  1. Reflections of an Untidy Mind says:
    
    April 19, 2018 at 10:42 pm
    
    Haha.
    
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3. Andrew Green says:
  
  April 19, 2018 at 2:50 pm
  
  It was the Aussie influence of neighbours that did away with ‘versity’ and left us with ‘uni’.
  
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  1. Reflections of an Untidy Mind says:
    
    April 19, 2018 at 10:46 pm
    
    So you get a bit of an Aussie influence as well as American influence.
    
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