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Proper and Improper English
- Strong Eagle
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It's bullshit... and often used by non Indians... not legitimate at all, as any clown can see that 'revert' doesn't fill the need... why not 'refart'?zzm9980 wrote:Indian English my friend! It is just as legitimate, or even more so, than SinglishStrong Eagle wrote:And what is with the use of 'revert', as in the sentence above. Completely incorrect usage. Don't know if folks think this is some kind of 'classical English'... in reality it is hooey! The correct word is 'respond'.zzm9980 wrote:"Kindly do the needful and revert back with status updation"
re·vert [ri-vurt]
verb (used without object)
[rant] All these claptrap and mumbo jumbo words I keep hearing in Singapore, I have to remind myself that the country is Americanised and that my Standard English is gone unless I want to return to the shores of the UK (Which I don't) but I won't even pick holes in all words here.
Revert, Updation, Kindly do the needful, all are Indian English, it's as annoying as American or Australian English to me!
Can you all just pull yourselves together, give your self a jolly good talking to, go to a good book shop and buy an Oxford English Dictionary in order to start over?
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Revert, Updation, Kindly do the needful, all are Indian English, it's as annoying as American or Australian English to me!



Can you all just pull yourselves together, give your self a jolly good talking to, go to a good book shop and buy an Oxford English Dictionary in order to start over?
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You're annoyed?! I speak Americanized English and I can barely understand what-you-claim-to-be-Americanized!nutnut wrote:[rant] All these claptrap and mumbo jumbo words I keep hearing in Singapore, I have to remind myself that the country is Americanised and that my Standard English is gone unless I want to return to the shores of the UK (Which I don't) but I won't even pick holes in all words here.
Revert, Updation, Kindly do the needful, all are Indian English, it's as annoying as American or Australian English to me!![]()
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Can you all just pull yourselves together, give your self a jolly good talking to, go to a good book shop and buy an Oxford English Dictionary in order to start over?
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And I'm South East Asian!
Blame the Americans for many things but the language here shouldn't be one of them.
I am reverting to your goodself and I apologize for the botheration.
#onepartrantonepartsarcasm
BTW, I remember someone posting this several moons ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rexKqvgPVuA
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_a ... _spellingsnutnut wrote:and there's that damned "z" again...
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The "good" English used here is American-English, the American Keyboard, the American spelling of a lot of words. It is American-English and is Americanised.
Thank you kindly.

Ok, I'll give you this: "aluminium"
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
nakatago: you have an advantage .. as you speak "AMERICAN" :nakatago wrote:
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Ok, I'll give you this: "aluminium"
If anybody remembers, as per the Big Chief, people in Singapore should learn "American English .. " (or American ?? )
Even though the Big Chief was educated in Cambridge

http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segmen ... 69410.html
http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segmen ... 69412.html
http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segmen ... 69416.html
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Why is it so difficult for this place to be consistent?ecureilx wrote:nakatago: you have an advantage .. as you speak "AMERICAN" :nakatago wrote:
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Ok, I'll give you this: "aluminium"
If anybody remembers, as per the Big Chief, people in Singapore should learn "American English .. " (or American ?? )
Even though the Big Chief was educated in Cambridge![]()
http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segmen ... 69410.html
http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segmen ... 69412.html
http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segmen ... 69416.html

"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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