Indian English is spoken by over 125 million people and it does not do the needful of following British rules anymore. It has its own swagger, from "prepone" to "timepass" to calling everyone "yaar". Decades of Bollywood, cricket commentary and IT culture have made it a variety that slaps different.
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The gems of local lingo
"Yaar, I told you not to eat the canteen biryani on a Monday. Now look at you, holding your stomach like you swallowed a grenade, and the meeting starts soon."
"Achha, so you are telling me you studied all night but somehow slept through the exam? Achha achha, very interesting story, let me just check your Netflix history real quick."
"Boss wants to prepone the client call to 9 AM instead of 11. That means waking up at 7 on a Monday, which honestly should be against the Geneva Convention."
"Left for the airport three hours early and still almost missed the flight because of a full chakka jam on the highway. An overturned truck, two weddings, and a cow."
"I have attached the documents and forwarded the approval chain. Kindly do the needful by end of day. And by that I mean today, not your version of today."
Voices of the people
Theory is all well and good... but what we Magikitos really love is hearing the people of India in their natural flow. If you know a typical expression from there, record it in the Studio using it with a real example. We will add it to the voices of your area!
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