Dragonball Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Serious question - so no off topic comments please Some input please guys Had a 'discussion' with one of the teachers at the college regarding the use of the term 'They were speaking Indian' (Basically in the context of international student group interaction - who are all from India - very places) I was told that I must use the term Hindi or Punjabi speaking... Is this correct - as I need it for a piece of work I am doing - or is 'Indian speaking' acceptable Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I don't see why 'Indian' can't be seen as a general term to cover all the languages spoken by those from India. Maybe you had best say 'They were speaking an Indian language' rather than just 'speaking Indian' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uzthedentist Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 On a serious note how are you gonna know if theyre speaking in hindi, punjabi or urdu? if i spoke to you in urdu then youd think its the same as hindi. So yes indian is fine mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 On a serious note how are you gonna know if theyre speaking in hindi, punjabi or urdu? if i spoke to you in urdu then youd think its the same as hindi. So yes indian is fine mate Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 No Kemo Sabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 On a serious note how are you gonna know if theyre speaking in hindi, punjabi or urdu? if i spoke to you in urdu then youd think its the same as hindi. So yes indian is fine mate My point too... I am not sure of the finer points of the language divide...as a separate language is this a cultural difference or merely one of geogaphy? For instance if a Welshman spoke Welsh he would be insulted to be described as English etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I don't see why 'Indian' can't be seen as a general term to cover all the languages spoken by those from India. Maybe you had best say 'They were speaking an Indian language' rather than just 'speaking Indian' Its an Indian Language. Scott =op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Bloody leftie crap, typical of a college Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 On a serious note how are you gonna know if theyre speaking in hindi, punjabi or urdu? if i spoke to you in urdu then youd think its the same as hindi. So yes indian is fine mate Totally agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I think 'indian' covers all i.e. punjabi, urdu or hindi. But the confusion comes when you consider Punjab is both in India and Pakistan dna on top of this Urdu and Hindi are also spoken widely in both countries. So to sum this up - I would say as long as your peers are all born/come from India (not Pakistan) then they can be described as speaking 'Indian' but if some of them are from Pakistan then you cannot refer to them as speaking 'Indian' as of course Pakistan is a diff country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I think 'indian' covers all i.e. punjabi, urdu or hindi. But the confusion comes when you consider Punjab is both in India and Pakistan dna on top of this Urdu and Hindi are also spoken widely in both countries. So to sum this up - I would say as long as your peers are all born/come from India (not Pakistan) then they can be described as speaking 'Indian' but if some of them are from Pakistan then you cannot refer to them as speaking 'Indian' as of course Pakistan is a diff country! LOL, and is it any wonder that standards have dropped when they waste time with all this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 seems a little rediculouse to me. Would you say an American speaks english? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 seems a little rediculouse to me. Would you say an American speaks english? Erm yeah lol Scott =op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 ...For instance if a Welshman spoke Welsh he would be insulted to be described as English etc If a Welshman spoke English he would insulted to be described as English Good point made by Uz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 ...well theres nothing wrong about being correct. Tell me if you went to America and they were adament that you spoke 'American' being a proud Brit would you not think they were a little ignorent? I know I would. Same as when people see an oriental asian and automatically describe them as 'Chinese' even though they could well be Jap, Thai, Sumo etc etc Dont get me wrong - I think its the norm nowadays and most have just come to live with it and its pretty non-offensive - so im not too bothered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Americans speak english. If you ask most what language they speak they will say english. Their nationality is amerian, totally different thing. Scott =op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uzthedentist Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 If a Welshman spoke English he would insulted to be described as English Good point made by Uz holy crap he agrees with me lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 If a Welshman spoke English he would insulted to be described as English Most English speaking Welsh make it sound like an Indian langauge! I shall desribe them as speaking an Indian language..thanks for the input I'm afraid I have already fallen foul of the PC brigade One of the sessions on diversity asked for my reaction if (a purported true event) three gays come up to me and ask if they can set up a 'gay club' in the year... ...after I had stopped laughing and wiped the tears from my eyes I responded that as long as they didn't require me to join - they could go and bugger each other stupid in the privacy of their own homes - - and in the meantime could they please describe Kurt Lewin's Force field model... It didn't go down to well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 ...after I had stopped laughing and wiped the tears from my eyes I responded that as long as they didn't require me to join - they could go and bugger each other stupid in the privacy of their own homes - You never did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Same as when people see an oriental asian and automatically describe them as 'Chinese' even though they could well be Jap, Thai, Sumo etc etc Sumo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Same as when people see an oriental asian and automatically describe them as 'Chinese' even though they could well be Jap, Thai, Sumo etc etc tut tut you can't say 'Jap' any more mate, it's offensive to the Japanese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 tut tut you can't say 'Jap' any more mate, it's offensive to the Japanese Well done for nipping that in the bud mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Well done for nipping that in the bud mate Please tell me that was deliberate lol. I won't "boldify" it to make it stand out as it may just be my shocking sense of humour. Scott =op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creative Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Please tell me that was deliberate lol. I won't "boldify" it to make it stand out as it may just be my shocking sense of humour. Scott =op i saw that too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 holy crap he agrees with me lol There's always a first for everything Don't worry, I will be back to my old belligerent self today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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