There’s a new book out about the mixed English and Hindi (and other Indian languages) spoken by Indians in India and England.
The book is The Queen’s Hinglish by B. K. Mahal (ISBN 0007241127).
It’s mini-quiz time. Match the Hinglish terms with their Standard English equivalents:
1. airdash
2. badmash
3. chuddies
4. glassy
5. timepass
a. hooligan
b. thirsty
c. traveling by air
d. underpants
e. uninteresting diversion
Answers in BBC article and after the jump.
Answers
1-c airdash – traveling by air
2-a badmash – hooligan
3-d chuddies – underpants
4-b glassy – thirsty
5-e timepass – uninteresting diversion
Those words don’t seem to fill any gaps in Standard English, but Hinglish’s prepone would be a welcome addition. We already have postpone, so why not?