Indian English is Weird & Britishers are to Blame - Schwa Deletion & Sound Pronunciations - FutureIQ

Why Indian English is different? You might have noticed that many India-specific English words have inconsistent spellings for their sounds. Why does that happen? Why do we spell Ram as Rama and Mahabharat as Mahabharata? There is an interesting story behind this. The story of Schwa or the deletion of it. Let's understand how English changed the way we perceive certain words and what is the right way in this episode. Hope you enjoyed FutureIQ by Navin Kabra and Shrikant Joshi. Do hit us up on Twitter: @ngkabra   / ngkabra   @shrikant   / shrikant   Listen it on the podcast provider of your choice: https://tapthe.link/FutureIQRSS Watch other episodes of The FutureIQ podcast:    • The FutureIQ Podcast Season 1 : Psychology...   More videos for you: The elegance of Devanagari:    • Mind-blowing Science of Indian Languages -...   Bhagavad Gita lesson:    • This Bhagvad Gita Lesson Will Change Your ...   The problem with India’s English:    • Indian English is Weird & Britishers are t...   Cool facts about India’s food:    • Pav Bhaji is Not INDIAN? Surprising Origin...   The real reason behind India’s population:    • Counterintuitive Reasons for India's Overp...   The real middle class of India:    • You Are Not Middle Class - The Income Dist...   Links if you want more: Ram vs Rama thread:   / 1310829486347223040   Schwa deletion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa_d... Why South writes Th: https://www.quora.com/Why-South-India... Other sounds: https://avtans.com/2022/05/10/a-note-... Why isn't தமிழ் spelt "Thamizh": https://linguistics.stackexchange.com... Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Were British idiots? 01:20 Sanskrit pronunciations 06:08 Other inconsistencies 07:47 Ghazal 08:54 Qutub Minar - K vs Q 09:53 Extra h in South Indian languages 12:02 Tamil or Tamizh? 14:37 Gyan vs Dnyan 16:17 V vs W #futureiq #linguistics #indianenglish