Comments on: Language https://www.mungbean.net/in/?p=112 mungbean in india Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Tom https://www.mungbean.net/in/?p=112&cpage=1#comment-77 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:08:38 +0000 http://www.mungbean.net/in/?p=112#comment-77 oh, I thought it maybe some adjective from the local language meaning “great” or something. I think it could only be used in English scrabble if it counts as a loan word, even as a proper noun, and must be in dictionaries. BTW am obsessively playing a scrabble-like game on Android. For me, it is a killer app: the point of having a Smartphone.

]]> By: Chris https://www.mungbean.net/in/?p=112&cpage=1#comment-76 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:32:44 +0000 http://www.mungbean.net/in/?p=112#comment-76 hi Tom! Aha, but “Khamba” is a proper noun, which should mean it’s now allowed in Scrabble? ;-) It’s a composter btw: http://dailydump.org/products/kambha

I have definitely assimilated some local Indian-English though. Saying “shift” instead of move came quickly, and I recently noticed I had slipped into using the local construction “X is there”, which basically means “X exists”. I’ve even said “Yaa” for yes from time to time, which is ubquitous, although still rankles a bit from the UK’s years of “OK Yah”…

]]> By: Tom https://www.mungbean.net/in/?p=112&cpage=1#comment-75 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:03:50 +0000 http://www.mungbean.net/in/?p=112#comment-75 But I noticed your English is already starting to be interspersed with local words: “thanks for the message and for the Khamba feedback on geekgardener”.

This is fun, but it messes up one’s ability to play scrabble (the shock when you realise Khamba is actually not a valid play).

]]> By: redmark https://www.mungbean.net/in/?p=112&cpage=1#comment-25 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:04:09 +0000 http://www.mungbean.net/in/?p=112#comment-25 If you find a good tailor who comes up with the goods Chris I might be sending you some material to get made up into shirts :-)

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