India ...is english ur national language !

Oh ! you are from India !!!...... Is English your national language ??...... Oh ! it is not is it !! Then how come you speak such good English !!!

Too many exclamations .....but that is exactly the feeling of an American or a Hispanic (people who speak Spanish as their mother tongue ) who happens to speak to me here in Dallas .... they are amazed by the way the Indians in general are able to converse in English with such ease ....

I always tell them that English is not our national language but is definitely the language of instruction in schools in most of the cities right from our nursery education.

They are surprised because in most of the countries (like china, Mexico, many countries in Europe, japan, Korea, Vietnam) English is not the medium of instruction and probably is not even the official corporate language ! (people - correct me if I am wrong...). This also makes people who come to live in the US very difficult with English being the default language everywhere. Almost everyone from these countries mentioned have an ascent that just does not get neutralized with time ... not that us Indians have an very typical ascent of our own ... but Indians
still manage to bring in the most clarity of speech while speaking English .....

Well, people now know and also acknowledge that having a huge English speaking population has also helped the Indian economy to grow in many industry sectors ......

Speaking of ascent, I must put down this hilarious email that I got about Chinese ascent when they speak English. Let me tell you that this is not an exaggeration.... It is good fun, read out loud !!

1. THAT IS NOT RIGHT .......................SUM TING WONG
2. ARE YOU HARBOURING A FUGITIVE ...........HU YU HAI DING
3. SEE ME ASAP..............................KUM HIA
4. SMALL HORSE..............................TI NI PO NI
5. DID YOU GO TO THE BEACH..................WAI YU SO TAN
6. I THINK YOU NEED A FACE LIFT ............CHIN TU FAT
7. IT'S VERY DARK HERE......................WAI SO DIM
8. THIS IS A TOW AWAY ZONE .................NO PAH KING
9. OUR MEETING IS FOR NEXT WEEK ............WAI YU KUM NAO
10.STAYING OUT OF SIGHT.....................LEI YING LO
11.HE'S CLEANING HIS CAR....................WA SHING KA
12.YOUR BODY ODOUR IS OFFENSIVE.............YA STIN KI PU