Indian English
Style-shifting from IndE to Ame
This reel shows a speaker who has recognized that he style shifts between Indian English and American English based on who he's talking to, similar to Fareed Zakaria! [Published on 03-26-2024]
The AI startup erasing call center worker accents: is it fighting bias – or perpetuating it?
This article is about the new technology used to change the voices of telemarketers with Indian accents into American accents. Specifically, a white American accent. The article covers the pros and cons of this technology. Sociologist figure that in the long run using this artificial voice is a problem. The article mentions the movie "Sorry to Bother You" because of how closely this tech is seeming to replicate some of the satire in the movie. [Published on 2022]
Rich Vs Good In English | Street Interview India
Play videoSiddhartth Amar, a youtuber, interviews Indian people in the street to ask whether they'd prefer a romantic partner be rich or be fluent in English.
Researchers in Madras, India Study Mechanics of Breathing Lungs and Covid-19
Play videoIIT Madras Researchers led by Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula, Department of Applied Mechanics, have been researching on the mechanics of breathing lungs. Their area of study was to understand the process, when we breathe in air along with aerosol particles.
Indians React to Apu Controversy
Play videoThis video interviews Indian people in a casual, street setting (in Mumbai) to understand their perceptions of Apu, a stereotyped Indian character in 'The Simpsons'.
Learning Language Out of Comfort Level
Play videoThis is a clip from an Indian movie 'English Vinglish'. The protagonist, a small snack entrepreneur, secretly enrolls in an English speaking course to stop her husband and daughter mocking her lack of English skills. She goes out of her comfort level and tries to learn new language. This clip shows her newly gained self-confidence and self-respect when she gives a speech in English during a relative's wedding.
Hinglish - Code Switched Hindi + English
Play videoThe Portsmouth College, UK has started a course for Hinglish language. Hinglish is the mixed/code switched version of Hindi and English, and is the popular street language in India.
Varieties of Indian English
Play videoThis video samples Southeast Asian speakers of English, showing the diversity of language feature repertoires involved in what non-Southeast Asians often lump together as an Indian English ethnolect.