🇬🇧 BRITISH ENGLISH vs INDIAN ENGLISH 🇮🇳 How much difference?

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  • What are the differences between Indian English and British English? My friend Anpu helps me to show you some of the MAIN differences! Watch here: bit.ly/UKvsINDIA2 📝 GET THE FREE LESSON PDF here 👉🏼 bit.ly/UKvsINDIApdf 📊 FIND OUT YOUR ENGLISH LEVEL! Take my level test here 👉🏼 bit.ly/EnglishLevelTest12 👩🏼‍🏫 JOIN MY ONLINE ENGLISH COURSES: englishwithlucy.teachable.com... - We have launched our B1 and B2 Complete English Programmes!
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  • @EnglishwithLucy
    @EnglishwithLucy  Před 2 lety +770

    What are the differences between Indian English and British English? My friend Anpu helps me to show you some of the MAIN differences! Watch here: bit.ly/UKvsINDIA2 📝 *GET THE FREE LESSON PDF* _here_ 👉🏼 bit.ly/UKvsINDIApdf
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  • @tamilyoga3543
    @tamilyoga3543 Před 2 lety +22953

    In India Every Single Person has their Own Accent

    • @mitu_me_
      @mitu_me_ Před 2 lety +2490

      Not to mention the accent of people who visited America for a week and come back with British accent 😂

    • @red7839
      @red7839 Před 2 lety +186

      @@mitu_me_ 😂😂😂

    • @parthaprateempatra4278
      @parthaprateempatra4278 Před 2 lety +131

      @@mitu_me_ lmao

    • @smile5107
      @smile5107 Před 2 lety +116

      @@mitu_me_ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣 lol so true

    • @phantomjosh2148
      @phantomjosh2148 Před 2 lety +95

      THIS IS ROCKET LEAGUE!!!

  • @chandrashekhar4248
    @chandrashekhar4248 Před 2 lety +8592

    England:-British english.
    India:-British+american+australian+indian=full upgraded english😂😂😂

  • @manishasamal3874
    @manishasamal3874 Před rokem +584

    As an Indian living in India I just learned for the 1st time that we call MARRIAGE as ALLIANCE ... Hmm Interesting...

  • @simonesingh6621
    @simonesingh6621 Před rokem +158

    Bro "marriage" is called "marriage" or "wedding" in Indian English. "Alliance" is a term for "relationship" or "engagement"

  • @SanskarPlays
    @SanskarPlays Před 2 lety +7861

    We indians Have Hybrid English Which is Mix of All Kinds of English 😂😂

  • @shritishaw7510
    @shritishaw7510 Před 2 lety +12286

    In India, we call it marriage or wedding, I never heard anyone saying alliance

    • @SreehariGNair-bk5vr
      @SreehariGNair-bk5vr Před 2 lety +193

      Me too buddy

    • @KrishnaVeni-rc3wl
      @KrishnaVeni-rc3wl Před 2 lety +91

      Yeah .. 💯

    • @DarePSDevil
      @DarePSDevil Před 2 lety +28

      Same bro

    • @paulbenjamin6597
      @paulbenjamin6597 Před 2 lety +49

      It is very common in the places that follow an arranged marriage system. This word will decline obviously but a few years ago that term would have used when 2 families come and agree on a few things before the event

    • @geethaniranjani2020
      @geethaniranjani2020 Před 2 lety +63

      Alliance means seeing the 'girl or groom' for marriage.

  • @sss7508
    @sss7508 Před rokem +295

    Actually we Indians use both ' bus stand ' and ' bus stop ' . Both have slightly different meaning.
    Bus stop is a place were bus formally stop.
    Bus stand is a place where you, if go, can get buses to almost every root. It is same as a bus station/depot.

    • @grawp_coder1737
      @grawp_coder1737 Před rokem +4

      Actually a bus stand is a transport corporation approved halt for a bus, which goes through that route and a bus stop can be used for some organisation or schools, like if there's a school and they have a transportation system the would assign some spot where the child has to wait for his bus or whatever, that would be bus stop in my opinion...

    • @abduztheyoungboi4816
      @abduztheyoungboi4816 Před rokem +2

      bruh its not root its route..... or do you mean root from plants?

    • @Bangel_pro123
      @Bangel_pro123 Před rokem

      ​@@grawp_coder1737 I thought I do write in my essay but it's 'your opinion'😂😂

    • @grawp_coder1737
      @grawp_coder1737 Před rokem

      @@Bangel_pro123 lmfao

    • @nb_justskyyyy
      @nb_justskyyyy Před 10 měsíci

      In Sri Lanka, we use "bus stand" to call the place that all the buses have been stopped until the next turn and we use "Bus halt" to call the "bus stop"

  • @jayantachakrabarty7457
    @jayantachakrabarty7457 Před rokem +91

    Curd is not a substitute word for yogurt. Though both Yogurt and Curd look similar in appearance, there’s a distinct difference in their taste, texture as well as preparation.

  • @mayank_sameer_parihar
    @mayank_sameer_parihar Před 2 lety +5464

    No-one in India calls a marriage as an Alliance.

    • @AmitSingh-nt9ff
      @AmitSingh-nt9ff Před 2 lety +59

      While reading the written updates of serials i read many time alliance

    • @sumeetgada
      @sumeetgada Před 2 lety +114

      Similarly no one in India calls fried potatoes as crips mostly it is called French Fries or Fries

    • @prachiipandeyy
      @prachiipandeyy Před 2 lety +35

      It's also used in Indian courts, when talking about Marriage.

    • @ROCHELLEDSATunes
      @ROCHELLEDSATunes Před 2 lety +51

      It is called alliance at the time of arranged marriage

    • @tishabhambry6010
      @tishabhambry6010 Před 2 lety +55

      I think people in the Southern region of India do call it alliance

  • @garrydhamot8531
    @garrydhamot8531 Před 2 lety +7871

    Never heard anyone call it “alliance” here in India, everyone calls it “marriage”

  • @Sun-Hashira
    @Sun-Hashira Před rokem +105

    My mom was educated in a convent school run by Irish Missionaries in Kolkata. So the vocabulary she developed was quite similar to the ones the Indian rep spoke.
    Also being a Wren and Martin initiate myself, I did use Alliance at one point to denote a marriage taking place.
    But as I moved around during studies, my vocabulary changed accordingly.
    So I always referred to electricity as Current, and I believe many Bengalis to this as well, but in Rajasthan and the neighbouring states, it is referred to as "Light".
    Marriage is marriage, dikki is being slowly replaced by trunk, though it is an Indian word (notice I didn't write a specific language), and washrooms is not often said, people refere to them as bathrooms (even though it only has a loo and a urinal) and/or toilets (informally).

  • @ESK_quotes
    @ESK_quotes Před rokem +8

    The way Lucy uses the word is so good and am in love with her pronounciation

  • @emiann7753
    @emiann7753 Před 2 lety +2222

    Fun Fact: India is the most powerful word that can use in a CZcams Title 😀

    • @ohhi6313
      @ohhi6313 Před 2 lety +177

      Yes lol. That brings the whole Indian community in the comments section 🤣

    • @narstube9913
      @narstube9913 Před 2 lety +95

      Damn True....The country With A Huge Society Who Loves The Nation Is Always Curious to know what others thinks about Our Beloved Nation😉
      And The Whole Country Rushes Into The Video 🥴😌

    • @anoom.1
      @anoom.1 Před 2 lety +10

      Wow rude m Indian

    • @blinkandarmy4957
      @blinkandarmy4957 Před 2 lety +7

      For sure

    • @amitratt
      @amitratt Před 2 lety +20

      Yeah true. Mention the word and we'll swarm ya ! Haha.

  • @santuroy1045
    @santuroy1045 Před 2 lety +1709

    No nobody use the word "Alliance " in India .....We always say it" Marriage or wedding "

  • @mrbhagirathchauhan
    @mrbhagirathchauhan Před rokem +11

    I never heard anyone use "alliance" for "marriage" in india.

  • @edwardsollis1204
    @edwardsollis1204 Před rokem +13

    I do work with Indians in America and have witnessed how different some words they use compared to what we use here, I myself do have a mix of British accent and words with American and for current I would say electricity and often times power... Some confusion would arise with current maybe flow of sorts...it's so enriching to hear all these ways to refer to everyday situations. Many thanks for the vid.

  • @b-6870
    @b-6870 Před 2 lety +4215

    Being an Indian kid, I never actually had known about something called yoghurt..after seeing some advertisements on the telivision, I actually bought one for me and soon realised it was nothing but dahi (curd)😂

  • @uzairdevda2878
    @uzairdevda2878 Před 2 lety +1965

    The funniest one is 'Dierhea' .In India It is called 'Loose motion'😂

    • @user-zb3bc9kr2e
      @user-zb3bc9kr2e Před 2 lety +50

      haha.. ur right

    • @Mariahidol
      @Mariahidol Před 2 lety +115

      We do say diarrhoea though quite a few times

    • @rintu4569
      @rintu4569 Před 2 lety +23

      Only north Indians

    • @Saingh
      @Saingh Před 2 lety +6

      😂😂true

    • @Mariahidol
      @Mariahidol Před 2 lety +103

      @@rintu4569 umm... No. We do say loose motion occasionally in the south as well. But usually we say diarrhoea

  • @sidharthasidhartha1
    @sidharthasidhartha1 Před rokem +3

    7:30 Bus stand: The place where all the buses start(begin) and stop(end) in a town or city.
    Bus stop: Places where a bus would stop on a road when its on the way to its destination.

  • @RajeshBiswasOfficial
    @RajeshBiswasOfficial Před rokem +8

    Love from Assam, India 🙏🇮🇳

  • @chabitha3477
    @chabitha3477 Před 2 lety +1305

    In India, we call it bus stand, I never heard anyone saying bus halt
    Edit:thank you so much for the likes guys

    • @christianlauren5883
      @christianlauren5883 Před 2 lety +28

      Thats why it has a slash "bus stand/halt"

    • @lebercoatlebercoat1522
      @lebercoatlebercoat1522 Před 2 lety +32

      @@christianlauren5883 but I've never heard anyone say bus halt. Could be just me idk.

    • @christianlauren5883
      @christianlauren5883 Před 2 lety +11

      @@lebercoatlebercoat1522 maybe its because of the quarantine. You cant communicate much LOL you might've not remembered it 😂

    • @NeerajKumar-fs1yx
      @NeerajKumar-fs1yx Před 2 lety +33

      @@lebercoatlebercoat1522 same and even auto rickshaw wala and bus conductors use the word bus stand instead of halt.

    • @theanonymous4443
      @theanonymous4443 Před 2 lety

      Me too

  • @prajyot2021
    @prajyot2021 Před 2 lety +990

    English in my mind : Lamborghini
    English when i speak : Maruti 800
    😂😂😂

  • @funnyshorts804
    @funnyshorts804 Před rokem +1

    It's really helping for that person who has already good in English

  • @adithyaks8584
    @adithyaks8584 Před rokem +12

    I love English. Often times I find it difficult to understand native American accent in telephone conversations whereas native English is quite easy.

    • @sbansban
      @sbansban Před rokem +4

      A "Native American" refers to the ethnic group that has been living in the Americas from pre-Columbian times - the Incas, Aztecs, Iroquois, Mohawks, Senecas etc.

  • @pathetic1062
    @pathetic1062 Před 2 lety +3695

    UK: "bringal? That's so wired"
    Also UK: "aubergine"

  • @manvisingh4951
    @manvisingh4951 Před 2 lety +803

    But the fact is Every Indian's English vocabulary and pronunciation is a whole mixup of US..Australia...UK...and others 😂😂

    • @techislustrous5201
      @techislustrous5201 Před 2 lety +10

      Yes

    • @yashbhagwat2664
      @yashbhagwat2664 Před 2 lety +8

      It's true . ☺

    • @harmanwaraich7618
      @harmanwaraich7618 Před 2 lety +4

      Yes

    • @ayushjangra838
      @ayushjangra838 Před 2 lety +5

      Yeah
      Lol that's true

    • @MikhailSalynin
      @MikhailSalynin Před 2 lety +3

      That's perfect! My books will be helpful for learning Russian and English. I published Transliterated russian dictionary with English translation. Compound words dictionary separated by tables. All details on my channel. Red velvet and Vanilla Gelato. Exercises for an interpreter. And also two copies of these books, where Russian words have given in Cyrillic.

  • @schorschengelbert6854
    @schorschengelbert6854 Před rokem +19

    In Germany we don’t make a difference between a married boss or teacher. We just say „Frau“ which means lady. E.g. when you talk to Mrs Schmidt you just say „Frau Schmidt“.

  • @AeraMarin
    @AeraMarin Před 10 měsíci +4

    I am sri lankan we refer mostly to Indian english but.we do say quite different words too

  • @Arca7
    @Arca7 Před 2 lety +1146

    Here in India they call male Professor “Sir” and female Professor “Ma’am”.

  • @santhoshsubbiah1803
    @santhoshsubbiah1803 Před 2 lety +849

    In India , We would refer to female teachers as "Ma'am/Miss"

    • @EnglishwithLucy
      @EnglishwithLucy  Před 2 lety +359

      Great point! I always think it sounds so polite. Sometimes 'ma'am' makes me feel a bit old hahaha

    • @umarahsan7195
      @umarahsan7195 Před 2 lety +9

      @@EnglishwithLucy ikr

    • @yuktajoshi
      @yuktajoshi Před 2 lety +29

      Yes, that's true!
      Also In India, marriage is more commonly used.

    • @stennygeorge5826
      @stennygeorge5826 Před 2 lety +4

      Yep...That's true

    • @supriya1323
      @supriya1323 Před 2 lety +6

      @@EnglishwithLucy but it's a great way for showing immense respect.(:)

  • @Legohunter-uv1wc
    @Legohunter-uv1wc Před rokem +6

    No ones mentioning the fact that he included cousin brother but didn’t include aunty for all older female people regardless of relationship and uncle for all older male people regardless of relationship.

  • @sohinichowdhury6711
    @sohinichowdhury6711 Před 7 měsíci +1

    No-one in the comments discussed that Anpu couldn't identify french fries (or as the British call it, chips).

  • @Freakistic
    @Freakistic Před 2 lety +1339

    as an American I'm watching this for no reason 😂

  • @trevorphilips3793
    @trevorphilips3793 Před 2 lety +3109

    "Marriage" isn't called "alliance" in India , it's just called "marriage" or a wedding . Also "electricity" is often replaced with the word "light" (bcz electricity is responsible for lighting the bulbs 😅) so when electric supply cuts off , we say "light's gone"

    • @ohhi6313
      @ohhi6313 Před 2 lety +31

      Correct

    • @ohhi6313
      @ohhi6313 Před 2 lety +14

      Hey I see you're a GTA fan 😁

    • @sahlaa3775
      @sahlaa3775 Před 2 lety +25

      Power has gone

    • @Dynoias
      @Dynoias Před 2 lety +110

      In Bengal we call it ‘current’ for some reason but yes electricity is the right term.

    • @muthu4834
      @muthu4834 Před 2 lety +74

      In our area we say it " current"

  • @JWalker-zd4yl
    @JWalker-zd4yl Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you so much teachers ❤❤

  • @MrTomasMaliauka
    @MrTomasMaliauka Před 9 měsíci +1

    A guy started to sound like an indian only by describing the word "current". Earlier he sounded as a british. I like a british accent, especially Scotish/ North accent. But indian english accent is very beautiful too. Indians pronounce everything somehow soft or what...

  • @originallypirated
    @originallypirated Před 2 lety +4530

    No ones calls marriage an alliance in India.
    Mostly its wedding and at times even bedding 😂😂

  • @dua-e-zehra647
    @dua-e-zehra647 Před 2 lety +1046

    Why DID NOT anyone mention in this video that every other middle aged stranger man and a woman is an Uncle and an Aunty, respectively. 😂😂

    • @EnglishwithLucy
      @EnglishwithLucy  Před 2 lety +332

      Can’t believe we missed that! thank you!

    • @afifahauni8916
      @afifahauni8916 Před 2 lety +54

      Asian people always call stranger that is older than us as Uncle/Aunty.We can see that it happened in India, Malaysia and Korea too

    • @airineshaju7892
      @airineshaju7892 Před 2 lety +4

      @@EnglishwithLucy Fact that i watches you both for speaking in British accent
      And so i clicked it faster than light 😂🤭

    • @ryanshahed6375
      @ryanshahed6375 Před 2 lety +4

      @@afifahauni8916 Bangladesh also

    • @kushal4956
      @kushal4956 Před 2 lety +6

      @@EnglishwithLucy lucy there a tons of Indians from India living in London and you had to choose this guy?

  • @nezbit8989
    @nezbit8989 Před rokem +5

    The traditional Indian accent has got to be one of the most soothing and relaxing accents around. Perfect for ASMR (trigger for a tingly relaxing state.

    • @TONY054
      @TONY054 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Hi

    • @TONY054
      @TONY054 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Your English is fluent. Can we talk each other to improve my English.

    • @nezbit8989
      @nezbit8989 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@TONY054 hi I would be happy to converse with you and I’ll chat as much as I can bearing in mind I only have limited time due to work and other commitments.

    • @TONY054
      @TONY054 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Thank for replying me that's a lot for me

    • @nezbit8989
      @nezbit8989 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@TONY054 my pleasure 😊

  • @sigmarules8027
    @sigmarules8027 Před 2 lety +3678

    India is unique :
    Becz every indian man has his own accent ...each person is unique 😂

  • @unrefusableoffer4412
    @unrefusableoffer4412 Před 2 lety +570

    fun fact: in general if i am talking to a stranger, if he is my father's age i would call him uncle and aunty for women.

    • @MohitSingh-dp7th
      @MohitSingh-dp7th Před 2 lety +23

      It's common for every Indian

    • @electrocat9
      @electrocat9 Před 2 lety +1

      For both Indian and English?

    • @ashp8069
      @ashp8069 Před 2 lety +2

      @@electrocat9 yup

    • @amiruliman5
      @amiruliman5 Před 2 lety +1

      @@MohitSingh-dp7th more like whole south and southeast asia

    • @kailas198
      @kailas198 Před 2 lety +6

      I'm sixteen. I call every guy or gal older than 26 uncle/aunty, it's pretty weird ik 😅😂

  • @nylanelson8660
    @nylanelson8660 Před rokem +1

    The Indian man has such beautiful mesmerizing eyes that I had a heard time listening as I was looking at his eyes

  • @joannenoronha5567
    @joannenoronha5567 Před 8 měsíci +1

    In India I would call it french fries not chips😂

  • @anji1612
    @anji1612 Před 2 lety +880

    We called them french fries not chips😂🤣and nobody called marriage as alliance in india🤭🤭

  • @stenyrichard_john316
    @stenyrichard_john316 Před 2 lety +1441

    It’s “lady’s fingers”. The ‘s can’t be ignored mate! 😁

  • @joshuacpalaiparambil1485

    We use the word Ma'am for Female Teachers in Indian English....

  • @Pakshya
    @Pakshya Před rokem +6

    We call it a wedding. Never heard anyone calling it alliance.

    • @masterdeetectiv9520
      @masterdeetectiv9520 Před rokem

      Alliance is used in arranged marriages for example ‘we have set up an alliance between you and Mr. Seth’s daughter’

  • @savedoyoungfromnct6905
    @savedoyoungfromnct6905 Před 2 lety +387

    The thing tho with India is that we speak hundreds of languages within the country itlsef with different grammar patterns and phonetics so our English accents within and vocabulary varies a lot even sometimes we will be confused by each other's english LoL

    • @death_crawl20
      @death_crawl20 Před 2 lety +12

      This happens in all english speaking countries, accents differ from region to region....

    • @harryquin5542
      @harryquin5542 Před 2 lety +2

      😂😂😂ITS ACTUALLY IN THOUSANDS MY DEAR

    • @limaprince7116
      @limaprince7116 Před 2 lety +5

      @@death_crawl20 but the case of India is different such a small country with almost 427 recognised languages and other languages as well.and each language has different dialect

    • @mausenpai215
      @mausenpai215 Před 2 lety +4

      I just speak 5 languages not 100.

    • @vinitasingh7481
      @vinitasingh7481 Před 2 lety +2

      @@mausenpai215 I'm also indian and I speak 2 languages fluently and can understand 1 and can speak a little bit

  • @shiwanksingh6068
    @shiwanksingh6068 Před 2 lety +361

    Marriage - wedding
    No one say bus halt
    Female boss/teacher - madam
    Fired potato - French fries

    • @0V3RDR1VE
      @0V3RDR1VE Před 2 lety +12

      Fired potato omgf god 😂😂😂😂 ITS FRIED 😂😂😘 WHAT DA FAK

    • @umaarun3333
      @umaarun3333 Před 2 lety +2

      Nice to learn and interesting too

    • @tobstars4624
      @tobstars4624 Před 2 lety

      Okay canedian
      Thanks for the info

    • @casperdigo8831
      @casperdigo8831 Před 2 lety +2

      We sometimes actually say bus halt.

    • @user-iy2ud1ki4l
      @user-iy2ud1ki4l Před 2 lety

      We also call ma'am/miss

  • @marcosmoreno8445
    @marcosmoreno8445 Před rokem +1

    Hi
    This is so funny but in Spanish we also say primos hermanos for cousins in the first degree; though we just normally say primos. In some Asian countries they also call brothers to male cousins.
    I always wanted to comment on your great pronunciation in Spanish, Lucy.
    About diabetes, same thing. We can say we have high sugar or don’t eat that or your sugar will go up. Te va a subir el azúcar. Mi abuela tiene azúcar/diabetes.
    There was another similarity but I don’t remember it 🤣
    I love your videos, thank you

  • @trueindian8224
    @trueindian8224 Před rokem +2

    Bus stop: bus stops for few seconds
    Bus stand: bus stops for longer duration (generally bus driver comes out of that bus for tea/ rest/ peeing)

  • @snehamishra6576
    @snehamishra6576 Před 2 lety +747

    I love how she is admiring his Indian accent . She is really a great teacher and a very friendly one indeed

  • @cckpic2065
    @cckpic2065 Před 2 lety +498

    I’m from India, I’ve never heard anyone say alliance… we say marriage too 🧐

    • @lilymadkins3558
      @lilymadkins3558 Před 2 lety +27

      It's very commonly used in Tamil Nadu though

    • @namangupta4791
      @namangupta4791 Před 2 lety +8

      @@lilymadkins3558 🤯 watdafak?

    • @aquaclouds8282
      @aquaclouds8282 Před 2 lety +18

      @@lilymadkins3558 wha-? I’m from Tamil Nadu and I have never ever heard the word alliance used

    • @lilymadkins3558
      @lilymadkins3558 Před 2 lety +19

      @@aquaclouds8282 Really? That's strange. I hear it all the time. Like for example we don't hear people saying "naan en ponna ekku marriage thedugiren" we only say "naan en ponna ekku alliance thedugiren". I saw another comment explaining why this is the case too. We frequently use the word "Sambandham" when referring to marriage which directly translates to "alliance".
      I'd say alliance is used along with marriage than as a substitute, if that's what you're referring for.

    • @aquaclouds8282
      @aquaclouds8282 Před 2 lety +3

      @@lilymadkins3558 hmmm weird
      Maybe it’s different family cultures plus I only come to my home country in holidays and family weddings so I stay in the UAE mostly because that’s where I study. Plus I assume it’s different family traditions or culture maybe
      Yeah I think it’s because of different cultures/traditions maybe
      I don’t know

  • @paulcaine2603
    @paulcaine2603 Před 3 dny

    "A go-down" is a shop that you walk down stairs from street level to enter. Possibly a more Northern Indian term.

  • @ergenhackeramabeyazsapkal5226

    Omg there's a huge difference between british english and indian english.

  • @utkarshkumar4389
    @utkarshkumar4389 Před 2 lety +77

    The moment I heard "Alliance” I just went to the comment section and found out I was not the only one!😂

  • @adityakale6064
    @adityakale6064 Před 2 lety +249

    Big difference: We don't sound like this guy was trying too. We have our own accent.

    • @adityakale6064
      @adityakale6064 Před 2 lety +1

      @@beulaj59 I know I'm not complaining I was spotting the difference between accents. By our own I meant our Indian accent

    • @sebastianpathori5938
      @sebastianpathori5938 Před 2 lety +8

      I think he is more influenced by British English. I liked it

    • @aakashjana6225
      @aakashjana6225 Před 2 lety +2

      Exactly he was kind of making our accent sound like "POT-A-TOH"

    • @kentang8062
      @kentang8062 Před 2 lety

      @@adityakale6064 'our indian accent' all people in my fam have different accents

  • @RamonaPhoebe
    @RamonaPhoebe Před 5 měsíci +1

    Hey Mr.Anpu Nice to see a tamilan in this channel . Even I am tamilian from chennai!!

  • @abdirisakali2989
    @abdirisakali2989 Před 2 lety +441

    Interesting, in Somalia 🇸🇴 we also refer diabetes as “sugar” same as India 🇮🇳. We say (Sokor or Sonkor)

    • @kingshi1
      @kingshi1 Před 2 lety +24

      And in hindi "sugar" is called "shakkar" which is very similar to your language

    • @abhilashpadhy7990
      @abhilashpadhy7990 Před 2 lety +10

      @@abhinav2814 The word Shakar is from Sanskrit

    • @kingshi1
      @kingshi1 Před 2 lety +4

      @@abhinav2814 I don't know I'm a Bengali I thought only we call sugar as chini

    • @misbahailia3345
      @misbahailia3345 Před 2 lety +4

      @@kingshi1 We call it Shakar as well in Pakistan.

    • @misbahailia3345
      @misbahailia3345 Před 2 lety +4

      @@abhinav2814 I'm Pakistani, and you're absolutely right.
      My Mum calls jaggery that has been grounded up, as "Shakker" and regular sugar as "chini".

  • @AnpuLondon
    @AnpuLondon Před 2 lety +712

    I really enjoyed being on your channel, Lucy! I had so much fun!! A massive thank you to our subscribers who suggested some of these words too!

    • @shyamsundara9283
      @shyamsundara9283 Před 2 lety +21

      Neenga tamil la

    • @EnglishwithLucy
      @EnglishwithLucy  Před 2 lety +96

      Thank you SO much Anpu!

    • @user-mq1ep7fh8o
      @user-mq1ep7fh8o Před 2 lety +12

      @@shyamsundara9283 yeah I think he is bcz he said he is tamil

    • @shaileshsalunke9605
      @shaileshsalunke9605 Před 2 lety +3

      Tamil tiriyada... Or Tamil varadu may I know what is different between this

    • @sandhanajessi7807
      @sandhanajessi7807 Před 2 lety +2

      @@shaileshsalunke9605 tamil tiriyadu means I don't know tamil.
      Tamil varadu means I don't speak tamil. Literally having same meaning...

  • @Nickshu123
    @Nickshu123 Před rokem +3

    I'm also from India I like your videos ✨❤

  • @hellohjbgjh
    @hellohjbgjh Před 8 měsíci

    I really love the Indian English accent. So pretty! (From a French ;)

  • @pianotaal
    @pianotaal Před 2 lety +513

    My school in Uttar Pradesh stands out, we refer female teachers to as "Miss" whether or not she is married (It is sort of tradition)... But all students in my locality who study in other schools say "Ma'am".

    • @NehaKumari-uf8yb
      @NehaKumari-uf8yb Před 2 lety +13

      Yea in bihar also "miss" use for teacher ❤️

    • @soniamate8008
      @soniamate8008 Před 2 lety +10

      UP is something 😉

    • @student6634
      @student6634 Před 2 lety +10

      We do this in pakistan too

    • @suctac
      @suctac Před 2 lety +7

      In Gujarat, we also do but in my school we say ma'am

    • @gmcahmed
      @gmcahmed Před 2 lety +5

      I'm from Assam and we all call miss. But some of our senior calls maam

  • @05dec2009
    @05dec2009 Před 2 lety +29

    6:50 In India we never use alliances.
    We use Marriage. Wedding is refer for ceremony

  • @sridharnatarajan6806
    @sridharnatarajan6806 Před 8 měsíci

    Wedding is the ceremony and marriage is the life of two wedded people

  • @shashankgupta8065
    @shashankgupta8065 Před rokem +1

    6:37 we also call it a marriage in India, not alliance

  • @krishanuchattopadhyay7006
    @krishanuchattopadhyay7006 Před 2 lety +142

    In India we never say "Alliance" for marriage, and "French fries " "chips".

  • @joshua8345
    @joshua8345 Před 2 lety +204

    When Lucy said "Indian accent is so gentle"......I was like 🥰🥰🥰

    • @joshua8345
      @joshua8345 Před 2 lety +5

      @James Potter Look....I'm a SOUTH INDIAN I've nothing to do with North India.

    • @joshua8345
      @joshua8345 Před 2 lety

      @James Potter This shows that you've no knowledge about our country

    • @joshua8345
      @joshua8345 Před 2 lety

      @James Potter I'm extremely sorry bro if I've said something wrong....

    • @joshua8345
      @joshua8345 Před 2 lety

      @James PotterMaybe I haven't understood what you meant bro😕

    • @airineshaju7892
      @airineshaju7892 Před 2 lety +6

      @@joshua8345 ya idk what the hell is he saying about
      🙄
      Just giving hate for no reason

  • @StraightOuttaPind
    @StraightOuttaPind Před rokem +2

    90% percent Indians Calls it Marriage not an Alliance😂

  • @mjsuarez79
    @mjsuarez79 Před rokem +1

    Just going by the chosen image, I would have referred to that as a wedding (the ritual). Whereas a marriage is the institution that one enters into through a wedding. A side note: I came upon your video with the search terms "Indian British accent."

  • @valsalarajan6125
    @valsalarajan6125 Před 2 lety +207

    The word 'alliance' is usually used when the proposal is brought by a third party, i.e. for an 'arranged' marriage. So it's not used as a synonym for marriage but more for the word 'proposal'

    • @anmolmonga1933
      @anmolmonga1933 Před 2 lety

      @James Potter you do realize the whole point of the video is to discuss the difference between Indian English and British one

    • @mahek7443
      @mahek7443 Před 2 lety

      @Lord Voldemort Stfu stfu is of no use right here tbh

    • @derinok9833
      @derinok9833 Před 2 lety

      It's also used very formally and indirect way of saying its a marriage especially in wedding cards like " alliance of so and so families " . Basically the union of two families (through marriage )

  • @futuresurprises7301
    @futuresurprises7301 Před 2 lety +184

    He: I m gonna go out to get some curd.
    Meanwhile me: mummy dahi de do Chini daal kr 😅😅

    • @aditisaxena6163
      @aditisaxena6163 Před 2 lety +15

      Underrated comment. I ate dahi with chini today only 😂

    • @firstlastagain7141
      @firstlastagain7141 Před 2 lety +11

      Meetha dahi sugar ho jayega😂🤣

    • @Desertfox18
      @Desertfox18 Před 2 lety +5

      @@aditisaxena6163 In Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 sugar free yoghurt is curd we eat curd with sugar or honey. Yoghurt is curd with sugar and we eat without mixing anything. Is this same in Bharath(India).

    • @i_am_a_ghost6
      @i_am_a_ghost6 Před 2 lety

      @@firstlastagain7141 Damn, this is epic 🤣👍

  • @habitantcdn
    @habitantcdn Před rokem

    4:20, in Canada, the most common definition of curd would be a bite size cheese used in the very Canadian poutine.

  • @skfcpx581
    @skfcpx581 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Detailed summary
    • Diversity in India: The multitude of languages and cultures in India contributes to the unique characteristics of Indian English.
    • Cultural Influence: Chicken tikka masala, a dish of Indian origin, is considered a British national dish, highlighting the cultural exchange.
    • Language Variations: Simple terms like food names can differ, sparking debates among English-speaking cultures.
    • Numerical Terms: Indian English uses terms like "lakhs" for large numbers, influenced by the value and cultural context of the currency.
    • Accent: The Indian English accent is described as gentle, particularly in the pronunciation of the "R" sound.
    • Terminology: In British English, the back of a car is called a "boot," while in Indian English, it's "dikki" or "diggi."
    • Common Words: The word "current" in Indian English refers to electricity, whereas in British English, it describes the present moment.
    • Facilities: In British English, the term "toilet" is commonly used, while slang like "loo" is also prevalent.

  • @CardJunctionchannel
    @CardJunctionchannel Před 2 lety +151

    In India, we call our female teachers as “ma'am" now but my parents used to call “madam" only

  • @vinayakswami7839
    @vinayakswami7839 Před 2 lety +376

    In India Marriage might be called wedding but I’ve never heard it being called an alliance 😂, sounds like something you’d say in Game of thrones.

    • @koushikch90
      @koushikch90 Před 2 lety +7

      Suddenly I'm searching for the lol reaction lol

    • @kunthurubabujinaidu1181
      @kunthurubabujinaidu1181 Před 2 lety +1

      Hi handsome

    • @koushikch90
      @koushikch90 Před 2 lety +2

      @@isawwhatyoudid5558 please don’t generalise by saying ‘the south’. What do you mean by that? I’m a Telugu and never heard of it. So, please respect everyone’s identity and stop saying ‘south’. I understood that It’s common for Tamil people, but all south aren’t Tamil. #AllSouthNotSame

    • @kunthurubabujinaidu1181
      @kunthurubabujinaidu1181 Před 2 lety

      Call me

    • @nades8895
      @nades8895 Před 2 lety +2

      Eh my mum calls it alliance sometimes

  • @seidhassen7403
    @seidhassen7403 Před 4 měsíci

    i have never seen an indian that speaks an english language such a smart way .

  • @martinsantiago7900
    @martinsantiago7900 Před rokem

    In India
    Bus stop - is where you wait for a bus (in your local area)
    Bus stand/station - is much bigger and mostly you have one main bus stand for a city/town where all buses arrive and depart

  • @aathimadhav9607
    @aathimadhav9607 Před 2 lety +423

    *For the guys sayin "IT'S MARRIAGE AND NOT ALLIANCE" nope i myself from TamilNadu(one of the south indian state) and we use the term ALLIANCE and not to mention the point That Anpu also said it differs on the regions so there's no point to spread hate towards him sayin he's not the right guy to choose*

    • @Vna_vij
      @Vna_vij Před 2 lety +31

      Its same in kerala.. Seeking alliance is more desirable than seeking marriage..

    • @shivanshshalabh
      @shivanshshalabh Před 2 lety +14

      Oh thanks I didn't know about that and sorry for intially thinking that he was wrong.😅

    • @ryuu961
      @ryuu961 Před 2 lety +16

      In kerala, we also use the term "Alliance"

    • @StudentPedia
      @StudentPedia Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah

    • @jonathanbrett-warren2031
      @jonathanbrett-warren2031 Před 2 lety +5

      In certain Indian states, they use 'improvise', where we say 'improve' in British English

  • @shreyaaa590
    @shreyaaa590 Před 2 lety +1178

    The Southern Indian accent is way different than the northern Indian accent. ( just to put it out there.)

    • @Hasimazak188
      @Hasimazak188 Před 2 lety +155

      Lol,shut up,every state has different accent,its not about north south

    • @prachishardul5380
      @prachishardul5380 Před 2 lety +28

      No one calls Alliance. This man has gone high!

    • @leenasanthis6775
      @leenasanthis6775 Před 2 lety +31

      @@prachishardul5380 we do use it. Especially in arrange marriage setting.

    • @abcxyz-
      @abcxyz- Před 2 lety +39

      Tamil accent is stark different while malyali accent is much like hindi accent. And kannada accent is just like most of western accent. So it's not about north south at all.
      Like mizo and naga accents is pretty different too.

    • @shreyaaa590
      @shreyaaa590 Před 2 lety +12

      @@Hasimazak188 dude…! I’m saying with my own experience. #nooffence but the stereotypical Indian accent is mainly from the southern part, anyone can tell.

  • @aganbraganca4156
    @aganbraganca4156 Před 7 měsíci +1

    actually we dont call alliance in India we call is wedding

  • @user-ms2ue7fu2y
    @user-ms2ue7fu2y Před 9 měsíci

    Despite this, he is indian but he speaks in English fluently and good pronunciation 👍

  • @anisuperketchup7776
    @anisuperketchup7776 Před rokem +1

    Meanwhile me switching to American/British/Indian accent depending on who I'm talking to:

  • @mohammedtanzilks1763
    @mohammedtanzilks1763 Před 2 lety +125

    You guys lost me when he said, "ta-mil" 😂

  • @wildblackcat85
    @wildblackcat85 Před 2 lety +176

    When portuguese introduced aubergine to India, Indians adopted the Portuguese name berinjole and it elided to brinjal over the course of time.

    • @ArathiJNair
      @ArathiJNair Před 2 lety +10

      Woww..😮😮 Thanks 4 sharing

    • @jaelsonmarcelino3036
      @jaelsonmarcelino3036 Před 2 lety +4

      I am brazilian and I have never heard about ( Berinjole), I believe it is spoken in Portugual. Here, we call it of Berinjela. It is very interesting. Egg plant, brinjol and aubergine , as we here learn American english, I did know none of these words..Brinjol and aubergine.

    • @rasgulla6488
      @rasgulla6488 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jaelsonmarcelino3036 brinjal 🍆

    • @Shreya-yy8ft
      @Shreya-yy8ft Před 2 lety

      Yes🤍🤍

    • @mgbaio
      @mgbaio Před 2 lety +1

      @@jaelsonmarcelino3036 In european portuguese is "beringela" too, "berinjole" doesn't exist.

  • @user-ew6hs3zs1p
    @user-ew6hs3zs1p Před 8 měsíci

    Tell about semppel present tens kindly tell with esey way kindly

  • @ansaristeaching3024
    @ansaristeaching3024 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Excellent coversation

  • @purbaroy6850
    @purbaroy6850 Před 2 lety +325

    As an Indian citizen I will like to know you that most of the Indians don't use the word "alliance" in actual it's either wedding/ marriage and in the same way "bus halt" is also something not known to most people...we either call it bus station/ bus stand.

    • @LivingMyBestLifeIAm
      @LivingMyBestLifeIAm Před 2 lety +6

      In Canada we call it a bus stop

    • @purbaroy6850
      @purbaroy6850 Před 2 lety +10

      @@LivingMyBestLifeIAm yes we Indians also call it bus stop

    • @rakiburrahman7898
      @rakiburrahman7898 Před rokem +3

      We call it bus stop or bus station or bus stand not halt.

    • @4390rahul
      @4390rahul Před rokem +2

      In india, it is either bus stand or bus stop.

    • @seriouscitizen9987
      @seriouscitizen9987 Před rokem +5

      He might be born and brought up in UK that's why

  • @tanishakulkarni8310
    @tanishakulkarni8310 Před 2 lety +736

    As Indians, we call our female teachers by saying "ma'am" or "Ms. (name)".
    I was taught the Indian system for numbers with unit systems of "lakhs", "crores" etc., so it took a few months for me to adjust when I moved to a different school (which followed the British curriculum).

    • @manjusha.npillai9289
      @manjusha.npillai9289 Před 2 lety +15

      In my school/area we just address our teachers as “teacher”

    • @praveenreddycheruku486
      @praveenreddycheruku486 Před 2 lety +3

      Yeah I also say ma'am and teacher I say sometimes..

    • @xd_b0t650
      @xd_b0t650 Před 2 lety +1

      naagh female teacher is just called as teacher

    • @nekoneko5777
      @nekoneko5777 Před 2 lety

      how bout male one? India is one the worst countries of chauvinism like mine so..😅

    • @tanishakulkarni8310
      @tanishakulkarni8310 Před 2 lety +4

      @@nekoneko5777 Sorry, my bad. I just said for the female ones because I was used to having female teachers. Anyway, we typically male teachers "Sir" or Mr.(name). Thanks for pointing out.

  • @dawinderkour718
    @dawinderkour718 Před 4 měsíci +1

    We refer to say *"Ma'am" to our female teachers in India

  • @LoveSherlockHolmes
    @LoveSherlockHolmes Před 9 měsíci +1

    Indians never call a "marriage" an "alliance".
    We call our Male Teachers (or Boss) "Sir" and Female Teachers "Ma'am".

  • @elijahpautu1222
    @elijahpautu1222 Před 2 lety +534

    We call female teachers 'miss' regardless of their marital status in Mizoram.

  • @unnirajac8617
    @unnirajac8617 Před 2 lety +420

    13:47 we call it french fries and I am from Kerala. We actually use bus stop as well as bus stand. Marriage/Wedding is used more commonly than alliance.

    • @MysteriousMilestone
      @MysteriousMilestone Před 2 lety +10

      U jus spoke for me I had the same points in my mind thank u my friend..

    • @olomolo5052
      @olomolo5052 Před 2 lety +3

      Admit it, you call it 'Alu Bhaji'.

    • @anithasajith1431
      @anithasajith1431 Před 2 lety +4

      @@olomolo5052 lol what's allu bhaji? (No it's not sarcastic, seriously what's that?)

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      Britain pm on migration
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  • @cristalevangelina8157
    @cristalevangelina8157 Před 8 měsíci

    As a tamil indian i have never heard anyone say a 'alliance' most people call it marriage

  • @akirereluem609
    @akirereluem609 Před rokem

    In German for diabetes, we use the words "Diabetes" (more formal and medical) or "Zucker" = sugar (more casual).

  • @geethakamath1037
    @geethakamath1037 Před 2 lety +103

    In India we would call the female teacher as ma'am. Sometimes as miss too... And sometimes simply as teacher.
    Just like Lucy ma'am, Lucy miss or Lucy teacher or sometimes as Lucy madam too ✨

  • @_Rachna_Kumari_
    @_Rachna_Kumari_ Před 2 lety +105

    I thought I am gonna understand his English instead of understanding hers but now it's vice versa😂😂

    • @sebastianpathori5938
      @sebastianpathori5938 Před 2 lety +9

      Same here. The foreigner sounds clearer and easier to understand than the Indian

    • @thakbeerallahuakbar9142
      @thakbeerallahuakbar9142 Před 2 lety +1

      So true, he had some strong British

    • @nikk4632
      @nikk4632 Před 2 lety

      Why do Indians use so many emojis? Not like a problem but yeah..

  • @steelbirds
    @steelbirds Před 9 měsíci

    In India we don't say wash room. We call it as bathroom for both wash room as well as toilet.

  • @PurnaRodman
    @PurnaRodman Před rokem +2

    Lakh is from the Sanskrit laksha. In the Gupta empire (4th-6th century CE) it meant 100,000. In the US we say eggplant without scrunching our faces or making a nasal sound. 😅 In Bengal, its marriage not alliance. Yes, my Indian cousins their refer to me as their brother or, to be specific, their American brother.