[Magdalen] Indian (and other) English

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I remember the *one* time my mom used her new pressure cooker that Dad gave 
her for Christmas (late 50s)... clearly something she had wanted.... all 
three of us stood in the kitchen while it whistled, steamed and roiled on 
the electric burner, then the top blew off.... never used it again (probably 
got rid of it). I have no idea what was in the pot.

Lynn

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From: "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 11:40 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Indian (and other) English

> Jay, my mother, too, had a fear of pressure cookers.  I've been watching
> some vids on You Tube about pressure cooking and can see where her fear 
> may
> have come from.  Despite the 'modern changes' the cooks always remind the
> viewer of the dangers that come with pressure cooking.
>
> +++
> Grace & peace,
> jon
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> After working so much with many Indian doctors and nurses , I developed a
>> positive fondness for the peculiarities of Indian English, which is as
>> different from American or British English as they are from one another. 
>> I
>> often peruse Indian cooking and other sites and I just came across an
>> expression I hadn't seen before. I am familiar with one expression which 
>> is
>> used frequently to describe the process of heating mustard seeds in oil
>> until they make a spluttering noise, which is always written in recipes,
>> "Splutter the mustard." That always makes me smile, but this one made me
>> laugh out loud. Indian cooks have a love affair with their pressure
>> cookers. I don't....I'm scared to death of them....but I was reading a
>> recipe today for dal which included the phrase "Pressure to four 
>> whistles."
>> It makes sense, of course, but verbing sure does weird language.....and
>> Indian English verbs a LOT!
>>