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Monday, 18 October 2004

Hinglish: like this only

Posted on 22:50 by Unknown
Further to Prof David Crystal and the debate over the future of Englishes, here’s Nilanjana S Roy’s column on the Hinglish toofan, ‘What’s Veni, Vidi, Vici in Hinglish?’ Try not to be distracted by the para breaks, which are whimsies of whoever uploads the thing on the Net.

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