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To: BBell

The most proficient English speakers I know are all Indian-Americans. And I love the accent.


2 posted on 06/01/2018 7:08:05 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: jalisco555

When they slow down enough to understand them.

You’re correct.

Africans are the same. Very precise.

I was in the audience at a symposium once where the host, a gentleman from Africa said “We will now tolerate some questions from the audience.”

I thought that was rather arrogant then realized it was a very precise use of the English language.


5 posted on 06/01/2018 7:12:18 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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India still maintains a lot of their historic ties to the English empire in their education system. More so than the English.

Arranged marriages helps also.

6 posted on 06/01/2018 7:12:19 AM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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The most proficient English speakers I know are all Indian-Americans. And I love the accent.

Certainly proficient, but for me it is the most difficult accent to understand.

20 posted on 06/01/2018 8:09:11 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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