DominiConnor
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Bizarre assertion about Indians.
My job brings me into contact with every nationality, including a few states that aren't even recognised. Indians are arguably the most polite group I deal with, indeed within several major groups within the subcontinent almost any disagreeing with someone is seen as rude, which can be confusing at first.
But as it happens there is a "right" English accent, and occasionally I lapse into a form of it. It's from the area around Cork, Ireland. It's the variant most understood by the world as a whole.
It illustrates that "English" is the wrong name, < 5% of English speakers are English.
The right name is Terran, which itself is a Latin word.
My job brings me into contact with every nationality, including a few states that aren't even recognised. Indians are arguably the most polite group I deal with, indeed within several major groups within the subcontinent almost any disagreeing with someone is seen as rude, which can be confusing at first.
But as it happens there is a "right" English accent, and occasionally I lapse into a form of it. It's from the area around Cork, Ireland. It's the variant most understood by the world as a whole.
It illustrates that "English" is the wrong name, < 5% of English speakers are English.
The right name is Terran, which itself is a Latin word.