Language and Humor Blog » Newer Englishes http://languageandhumor.com/blog Language, linguistics, English, foreign languages, sign languages, humor/humour, comedy Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:29:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ‘The Queen’s Hinglish’ (Hindi English) book http://languageandhumor.com/blog/2006/11/the-queens-hinglish-hindi-english-book/ http://languageandhumor.com/blog/2006/11/the-queens-hinglish-hindi-english-book/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:13:52 +0000 Kevin http://languageandhumor.com/blog/?p=181 Continue reading →]]> 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?

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