Indian Accent
Q: i know you guys think indian accents are hilarious
but theyre not quite funny for the people who have them
but would you care enough to explain
exactly whats so funny?
like specific sounds or words that don't
A: itz not really funny... it the media which shows it as funny... there are comedians who imitate it and make fun of it and the society does the same thing... when people from india speak english (they do speak in an accent) but it doesn't sound anything
Do you think it should have an status on its own, as the British accent, the American accent, the Australian, the South African, etc?
Or should it be just a "local speach"?
Indian-Americans quickly bashed the ad and Kutcher, who serves as the brand’s “president of pop culture” and who had developed the $1.5 million ad campaign with Popchips’ CEO, the ad agency Zambezi, and Alison Brod PR.
The campaign is managed by ad agency Zambezi, and featured Kutcher as different characters looking for love including, among others, a dreadlocked Brit and Raj. According to India Ink, as of May 3 in India, the “Raj” video had been deleted from Popchips YouTube channel and from the company’s Facebook page.
Thus far, the response has been part outrage and part confusion, as to why anyone would think this would be a good marketing tactic, unless the point was to create publicity for advertisement. Tech entrepreneur Anil Dash wrote:
How come Dev Patel can imitate the Indian accent so well in the Slumdog Millionaire movie? He was born in London and that's where he's been living all his life! Even if he might have visited relatives in India I don't think it's enough for him to get
I don't have an indian accent myself so I do not have this problem with anglo american girls but I have noticed that white girls tend to avoid guys with an indian accent specifically. Whats the reason?
But I have noticed that other foreign
His trademark statement, “We are like this wonly” – delivered with a characteristic south Indian accent was used by youth music channel Channel V to cut itself a unique identity in India's cluttered TV market. Now, it appears all kinds of major brands,
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“Different from traditional navigation devices, which make it difficult to understand the street name or area because of in-built American accent, Garmin self-developed technology and was the first to implement Indian accent into devices.
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And fortunately for anyone who reserves at Indian Accent — the chef's three-year-old, 45-seat jewel box tucked into the Manor hotel in south New Delhi — there's nothing that he wants to deny his diners. Softshell crabs are often exported from India. |
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The increasingly omnivorous dining scene has made Mr. Mehrotra, the head chef at Indian Accent in New Delhi, confident enough to include plenty of meaty dishes in his menu, including his mango-glazed ribs. Tucked in The Manor, a boutique hotel in |
The devices will also come with free maps of Singapore and Malaysia, two of the most visited vacation spots by Indians. Indian accent will be in-built in the devices. "Different from traditional navigation devices, which make it difficult to understand
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After its online Bollywood parody featuring the actor in brownface with an Indian accent sparked a public uproar and accusations of racism, Popchip's head honcho wants the world to know no disrespect was intended. "We are removing the individual
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For true ⺠RT @: For true aunty?? Love u long time right!!!RT Sbu: Too much love I have for u girlie *indian accent* ---> MissLondi
For true aunty?? Love u long time right!!!RT @: Too much love I have for u girlie *indian accent* ----> @
Anyone else think priya on big bang theory has a british twang to her indian accent. Where raj has an american twang?
Oh God!!! There's an Indian series dubbed in a gulf accent! WHY do we keep doing this?? 
@ yes what to you want *indian accent