Why Indians speak the way they do...

Here are the usual observations of English language mistakes made in India/Bangalore. I am no expert here and used to make many of these mistakes. I have tried change most of them.

1. Sentences seem to always start with a "You know". Eg. " You know - I was walking outside .." And sometimes sentences end with a "you know" as well. Somehow, something doesn't fit right when you listen to it.

2. Sentences always have a lot of "know/No"s in it. Eg. "That is a really nice car - know/No? " - which in plain English translates to " Isn't that a really nice car?". I get thoroughly confused with the "know/no" word being used in the place of proper question word (who, where, when, why, what, how etc) I call it a "know / No" - because.. sometimes its the short of "you know" and sometimes its the word "no" - Because most Indian languages use the "no" word to indicate a question. If you know Tamil - a lot of people say " Nalla irukku - illa? " So the "know/no" is a literal translation problem.

3. Get the "V" and "W" mixed up all the time. Its "WeggieTaybles" and "Wegetarian". And, its "Vife", "Vater","Vhen", "Vhat" and "Vhere"

4. The letter "a" is pronounced like a "y". Yair (for air).

5. This one kills me - Iron - pronounced as I-Run. Classic Bangalore.

6. Dubbell Road - Any road that has a median! (yeah its rare to find a double road)

7. Take a right/left at Dead end - Dead end in Bangalore means a T - junction :-)

8. The words "Only" and "also" being overused and with no relevance to the sentence. Eg: "You came from the store only?". "You are coming to the store also". Also is used in the place of "too" most of the time. The word "Only" doesn't makes sense in the sentences. I am yet to figure the logic behind the use of the word. And the word "only" is pronounced as "Wonlee".

9. The sing song tone of course. Questions are always a super sing-songed sentences with no question word. You have to hear this to understand it. "You going to the store?".

10. Storm is pronounced as "StRom" - this is a super common mistake.

Will add more to this list soon.