The queen’s English is going to the dogs. Nowadays people talk utter nonsense which they call Hinglish, Manglish, Tamlish, banglish and all the eeesh! As a student of English Honors I find it very maddening to hear such balderdash that goes in the name of adjustment. No wonder call centres recruit people only after a vigorous grammar and accent training.

My early school years were spent in Kolkatta and the teachers there were so meticulous and finicky about grammar and diction and pronunciation that it has stuck. They never said ‘LIZZEN ‘ for Listen as most of the teachers do in Bangalore schools. The children naturally hear it wrong then you its too late to right it.

 Nowadays internet and sms have done their bit in bringing down the already poor standard of the English language.

A very common example is the mallus , “What’s your good name ?” Does everyone have two names ? A good and a bad one? I thought you had a name or you don’t.

Then again you have teachers asking children to cope up. Dear teachers, you have to cope and there’s nothing up about it. Just as you can’t stand for it ( tolerate) . Just say I can’t stand it. Makes beter sense.   In the same manner don’t say I can’t face up to it, just say I can’t face it and save your face. Start up, heat up,,add up, speed up, seek out are wrong use of prepositions with verbs.

Of course if I mention cousin sister /brother here it would be a cliché as they have been mentioned time and again by lovers of English but unfortunately it is still being used.

The interview with Dr Hanif was a plethora of mistakes.

He started with , “It is not in my nature to ever support or involve in such activity.”

What does he mean? He could just say I am not into terrorism.

“That’s what I mean to say.”

“That’s what I meant is enough.”

“I’d be very keen to see my little angel.” He has not seen her at all in fact he was going to see her so just say I am keen to see my … or I want to see my…..”

“Never imagined even in my remotest corner of my brain(remember Kapil Dev)” For heaven’s sake why so many words,  just say, “I never thought.”

Then again, “I would be labeled with such a defaming thing.”for“I would be defamed.”

These are just a few noteworthy mistakes .We should be careful not to use unnecessary words and confuse the other person. Then to top it all he also had a recent baby instead of his wife giving birth recently.!

Then of course people those who are here (People who are ..)and until and unless you don’t analyse (three negatives)( until and unless you analyse)walk slower , ( walk slowly)drive quicker, ( drive slowly)I expect you at about nine ,  ( at nine)I had no idea the house was that small ( the house was as small as that) are common everyday wrong usage .

Narendra Modi in his interview in Times now said “the people have a full flavour about me” Is he  the latest dhokla on the menu?

If I start on the pronunciation and diction of people it would be unending so more of it next time. One for the road.. by Lalu yadav ji.

Humare des mein elecsion hoga aur hum logon ke allegasion ke bad me bhi banenge sensasion!!!