Re: "Hindilish" & "Hinglish"

At 02:45 15/05/00 +0530, you wrote:
>
>Probably very very few as most people will learn to speak their mother
>tongue, if not to read or write in it. But in recent years, most rich or
>middle class parents in my state and I imagine around the country have been
>sending their children to English medium schools. I would do the same as an
>English speaking student would have an advantage when it comes to looking
>for jobs etc. But some state governments have apparently decided that enough
>is enough. For example Tamil Nadu has taken the decision to have all
>education upto the fifth standard in Tamil. West Bengal's been following the
>policy of only Bengali till the fifth since 1978 or thereabouts. Anyway, a
>case's been filed in Tamil Nadu by a parent who wants to the right to choose
>the education that his child gets. The argument will be about the government
>infringing on the democratic rights of its citizens etc.  I've always been
>amazed that countries like France could impose language restrictions on its
>citizens - like not using the word walk-man. French will always be what the
>people of France want it to be, and not what the government of France thinks
>it should be.
>
Well, personnally I use more often "baladeur" than "walkman". The fact is
that most of the state reforms of the French language consist simply of
acknowlegding the changes that have occured naturally among the French
speakers. As for changes that the government would like to impose on
people, they are simply ignored, and their only result is to make the legal
language (the one used in law and justice) unnecessarily more complicated
than it already is (a nightmare!) :) . But your point is right, trying to
impose restrictions on a language is just useless, its speakers will do
what they want and that's all.

                                                Christophe Grandsire
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