Indian English

As a result of my external disk crashing, and taking with it much of my research notes, I've been taking a little break from my research on offshoring to India and other countries. Plus, a more-pressing priority has come up. I must finalize a paper for presentation at an IEEE conference. The research behind the paper actually stems from my offshoring research and work in India and with Indians. But its focus is more on the language: Indian English, or English as it is spoken and written in India.

My interest in Indian English primarily is in the form it takes in technical documents and written and verbal workplace communications. Whether Indian English is a dialect, a patois, or some other form, I cannot say. Nor do all linguists agree on this point. What is certain, is that English as it is spoken and written in India is different than the standard English of either America or Britain, and this difference extends to technical English as well.

In doing some research and preparing material for my presentation, I came across this YouTube video made by an Indian man. He provides us with a humorous look at Indian expressiveness. I particularly enjoy the finger wag. Hmm. I wonder if I can craft a dissertation around Russell Peters? (Watch Peter's "Outsourced Terrorist" for a good laugh.) Enjoy!