Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Monday, August 29, 2016
Bharati English, Wiki
"Indian English is any of the forms of English characteristic of the Indian subcontinent. English has slowly become one of the lingua francas of the Indian subcontinent (including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka), and is the language of the cultural and political elite, offering significant economic, political, and social advantage to fluent speakers.
Though English is one of the two official languages of the Union Government of India, only a few hundred thousand Indians have English as their first language. According to the 2005 India Human Development Survey, of the 41,554 surveyed households reported that 72 percent of men (29,918) did not speak any English, 28 percent (11,635) spoke at least some English, and 5 percent (2,077, roughly 17.9% of those who spoke at least some English) spoke fluent English. Among women, the corresponding percentages were 83 percent (34,489) speaking no English, 17 percent (7,064) speaking at least some English, and 3 percent (1,246, roughly 17.6% of those who spoke at least some English) speaking English fluently. According to statistics of District Information System for Education (DISE) of National University of Educational Planning and Administration under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, enrollment in English-medium schools increased by 50% between 2008–09 and 2013–14. The number of English-medium school students in India increased from over 1.5 crore (15 million) in 2008–09 to 2.9 crore (29 million) by 2013–14. In December 2015, the Supreme Court of India ruled that English is the only court language."
Wikipedia
Death Motivation
For many, their death motivation is about termination, utterly. However, for me, death will involve travelling.
Year 7000, Star Trek on Punjabi Radio
On local Punjabi radio I overheard today at Pizza Hut here on Lulu Island, the lady announcer said Star Trek is “the year 7000.”
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Wongs' Fiji Party
My Fijian Wong neighbours had an amazing party last night. The food was incredible. There were dialogues in Fijian, an interesting language in the same language family, Austronesian, as my Tagalog. The party honoured the birthday of Abe, as the son of the Wongs. I really liked their sea cucumber (bêche-de-mer) and lotus root stew.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
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