[Magdalen] Like I Was Puzzled.

[Jay Weigel]

I grew very accustomed to Indian English in the later years of my nursing
career, not only from the doctors, but from the many Indian nurses I worked
with. There were times when I was the only Anglo on two contiguous units
that I would find myself falling into the speech patterns. Since India has
about 14 officially recognized languages and another huge number of
dialects, English is pretty much used for general communication but it has
definitely developed its own character.

On Monday, December 22, 2014, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Many of my friends' grandchildren are studying Mandarin.
> Bilingual nursery schools are over-subscribed here, too.
> -M
>
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> On Monday, December 22, 2014, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>>
> >
> > Of course, wait a few decades (or less) and it may well
> > be Mandarin/Cantonese that is the world's common language!
> >
> >
>