Comments on: How to talk with an Indian accent

By: blahblah

blahblah — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:22:57 +0000

Why are we so complex about our Indian/Pakistani accents.Look at English and American people they can not speak a word from Hindi at least we try to speak their language.

By: Indian Youth blogger

Indian Youth blogger — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:48:31 +0000

hahaha..

I dont really have an issue with accents but more with ppl who preach that one accent is better than the other.

By: Indian Youth blogger

Indian Youth blogger — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:47:53 +0000

hahaha.. real funny..

I dont really have an issue with accents but more with ppl who preach that one accent is better than the other.

By: Anirban

Anirban — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:04:48 +0000

Thank you for your kind words and for relating those wonderful thoughts. I wish you all the best.

By: Mick

Mick — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:28:27 +0000

On behalf of ALL Iowans (who speak with no less than five regional inflections of the Midwest dialect), I apologize to your friend. No doubt the bar was a typical, parochial dive in small-town Iowa City, Iowa. Cosmopolitan they are not. When I moved there in the mid 70′s, I had a Kansas City and St. Louis accent mixed (light southern drawl with hard “r” sound), and I spent months learning theie east-central Iowa inflections and word choices so I sounded more local. I still wonder why. Now I live closer to Minnesota (make your “i” short and your “o” longer and louder – Mn-is-sOH-tah) and Nebraska (remember to say “I’m goin ta the store”). *EVERYONE* speaks with an accent. We just don’t realize it often. I try to copy a local accent as quickly as I can, warning the people first I’m not from their area. (Still can’t get rural Alabama or rural Vermont at all!) Anyone who speaks one of the 30 major, or 1,600 total languages of India such as Hindi-Urdu *and* speaks English well is ahead of most Iowans. Or Americans, for that matter. Most are mono-linguistic; and maybe not-so-good even at English. Welcome to all legal immigrants! May your paths be smooth and skillful, and may we add to each others’ prosperity and lives.

By: Anirban

Anirban — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:33:19 +0000

As a Madagascan lemur, King Julian is definitely African. His accent isn’t though.

Check out this interview with the director of the movie:

We had this two-line character, Julian, and we got a tape of the show “Ali G” with Sacha Baron Cohen. He came in and he invented this Indian accent. We gave him a couple of lines and he turned them into eight minutes of dialogue

Source: http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/225746_moment26.html

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:06:47 +0000

um… King Julian is African, and isn’t he played by Will.I.Am? No, Julian is African and speaks with an African accent, but if you don’t pay close attention, I guess it can be mestaken for That Hindi, Muslim, Indian accent. I think the accent is quite hot. I don’t hear it so much when boys speak the language, but in English, it’s REALLY HOT!!! No… not hot… IT”S SEXIII!!! Nice blog and it is true. Americans say we don’t have accents, but we do.

By: Anirban

Anirban — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:02:52 +0000

Thanks for the praise and for commenting.

By: Kamikaze

Kamikaze — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:29:19 +0000

Lol at the line:

At least you are Indian. Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have the added burden of explaining that they only look Indian.

I wonder where you get the ideas for the steady flow of your ROFL posts.

By: Anirban

Anirban — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:37:49 +0000

I agree with you. In fact I’d stretch it to say that every accent is acceptable as long as the thought is well-articulated. Thanks for reading.