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People From India - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 23, 2011 · People From India. I work in IT, and I'm constantly in contact with people from India, which is exactly how they tend to refer to themselves. They almost always insert the phrase from India rather than using a race/nationality of Indian/East Indian. I don't think they take offense to Indian, I think they just use this method to avoid confusion ...
"Indian" comes from Italian/Spanish "gente in dios" (God-like …
Mar 20, 2019 · The Italian etymology of India fails to mention anything about "people in/of God". Italian Wikipedia says Gli antichi Greci si riferivano agli indiani con il termine Indoi (Ινδοί), il popolo dell'Indo. "Indo people/population" Indo is derived from "Sindhu" meaning large body of water. No trace of God there whatsoever. –
What word do I use to describe people from India & neighboring ...
Jan 9, 2018 · If I were to refer to people from China/Korea/Japan without specifying their country I would use the term "Asian" and likewise for people from Germany/France/Greece I would use the term "European". However people who come from countries neighboring India such as Sri Lanka or Fijian Indians do not like to be classified as "Indian" because this ...
How to unambiguously refer to someone from India [duplicate]
Unless the indigenous people of the U.S. have formed some attachment to the misidentification foisted upon them by the earliest European visitors, the term American Indian ought to be replaced by something to indicate their prior status as sole owners and inhabitants of the turf that comprises the U.S. Autochthon (n), autochthonous (adj), …
Usage of "East Indian" to distinguish from "Native American"
Jun 6, 2014 · Again, people would use "A person from Western India" to refer to someone from western states. However, North Indian and South Indian are very commonly used to describe people from the Northern and Southern part of India. The people from Eastern and Western India usually prefer to identify themselves with their state or language (Eg.
formality - Is the word "dear" used as a word to show affection or …
Jul 25, 2015 · Well-educated Indians use the words dear and dearest exactly in the same way as people in the UK or the USA do. However, it is not uncommon to see some Indians prefix the word dear to an instruction or a piece of advice. Also, some Indians say 'Hello dear', when they could easily say just hello or hello xyz.
Do people from India consider English their primary language?
India is a huge country with over 20 (not exactly sure) vernaculars. The official language varies from state to state. Although Hindi is "used for official purposes" (according to Wikipedia), not all people from all states speak Hindi. English is widely spoken, and most schools in urban India use English as the medium of instruction.
word choice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 18, 2014 · I didn't say that all people from eastern asia are physically indistinguishable from one another. I just think it's perfectly obvious that the Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese individuals in your example share more in common with each other (physically, culturally, etc) than they do with the 3 Europeans in your example. "3 Europeans ...
How do people greet each other when in different time zones?
Mar 27, 2020 · We usually say 'Good evening to India, good afternoon to Germany, good morning to America' or equivalent, or 'good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whichever time it is where you are', but it is still everytime as a half- or quarter-joke; there is simply no standard way to handle it, as it is too new a need to have made it into standard language.
Why do some people say "v" as "w"? - English Language & Usage …
Nov 13, 2014 · An Indian who speaks English professionally (eg a newscaster speaking to an English audience, or an English teacher) can practice to say the v sound, but I think it takes a lot of work, judging by how many of my friends from India still say v words with a w sound, including teachers and newscasters.