The great indian DICTION..!!

 Phonetics have always had the distinction of being the most debated realms of any language.when it comes to deciding the acceptable articulations and setting bench marks. English being an interational language, fortunately or unfortunately has innumerable slangs to its credit. In our own country, on our behalf we have added a string of new dictions. Well, do we realize that we have our own influences? Here’s a tongue-in-cheek look at us with our regional winds blowing. (Grrrrr… it may include me too.) Its called the Indian “accent”ophilia gene.

A person can come and tell you ”I run”. But this doesn’t necessarily mean he runs on a regular basis! What if this person is from the northern belt of UP or Haryana and had actually wished to say  ”Iron“. A pronunciation that has rusted !! Likewise, the hirsute surd will in all probability write with a ‘pan’rather than a ‘pen’!
The neighbouring Jhats… They take  lots of pains in ensuring that each word they utter is carefully bitten n broken. The result is a language as mellifuous as the rickety old Yezdi struggling to start!! Marwaris, the willy clan, my god are really good and brilliant “bijnessmen”!

Recently, when i was in Pune (hmm..5 months..back..if i remember correctly) there was this ‘PHAT’ Marathi gal who wanted me to “feel” the form! LOL…. Me, taken by surprise, didnt know how to react! Only later it was known that I had to “fill” the form and not “feel” it!!

The omnipresent mallu on the other hand are simblee the best in confusing their A and O and they dont have any indentions(intentions) of correcting it either. They love playing all “Boll”(ball) games. In Andhra Pradesh, the entire gulti ocean seems to be obsessed with the sound ‘oo’! They along with the kannadigas love “sleepingU” and “talkingU”. But the gulti, wanting to have his own niche, loves going to the “dheatre” and not the“theatre” to watch the most flashy, jazzy, colourfull movies ever made. Never risk a “Balakrishna” movie..he is sure to put newtons theories and the physics of motion to test..!
The tamils on the other hand like to ”read-a” and-a “ride-a” and-a“sleep-a”. Did you ever know that a major chunk of the mobile phone users in Tamil Nadu subscribe to “Yairtel” and “Yaircel” and not“Airtel” and “Aircel” ! While people in Bihar specifically come across” High Bholatage Transmission lines” and Bengalis make “bhery bhery tashtee milk shweets”. And a gujrati goes to the“baenk” (bank) to pay his “beels”(bills)!! To top it, the creme de la creme, my chum from assam says he drinks “dude” instead of“doodh”!

pro·nun·ci·a·tion (noun) the act or result of producing the sounds of speech, including articulation, stress, and intonation, often with reference to some standard of correctness or acceptability.

We never bother to look into the meanings of certain words..though we continue to use them..turning  adeaf ear..to bad pronunciations..!!

That was it people. I have missed on many aspects of us i know. But its humanly impossible to do it! Diverse yet United. Thats how we are. Thats how we wish to be. Happy “indian” speaking!

PS : ‘unity in diversity’ is better left in the books..our people are yet to figure out what it actually means..!!