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zem@zem42·Sep 25, 2017Replying to @nishaspillai and @vgrby "sanskritised" do you mean deliberate and systematic insertion of sanskrit vocabulary?6
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 25, 2017Replying to @zem42 and @nishaspillaiYes. For Hindi it was living memory (why Doordarshan Hindi sounds unnatural): an actual committee sat down to purge Urdu/sub Sanskrit origin31
zem@zem42·Sep 25, 2017Replying to @vgr and @nishaspillaithat's interesting because i've also seen claims that urdu words crept into hindi due to a "high status" perception of urdu as more cultured5
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 25, 2017Replying to @zem42 and @nishaspillaiLanguages of political elites tend to suffer same fate as the political elites themselves. But literary/cultural elite langs retain status21
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Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 25, 2017Replying to @nishaspillai and @zem42You might enjoy this oldie by Abbas Tyrewala (he wrote Munnabhai MBBS and and got famous a few yrs later) http://creative.sulekha.com/so-who-speaks-hindi_98532_blog…413
zem@zem42·Sep 26, 2017Replying to @vgr and @nishaspillaireshared it with some trepidation on facebook; waiting to see who jumps down my throat in defense of shudh hindi :)1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 26, 2017Replying to @zem42 and @nishaspillaiHard to argue with hit scriptwriter who's coined gems like "gandhigiri", though him being Muslim creates obvious red herring tack21
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 26, 2017Replying to @vgr @zem42 and @nishaspillaiI haven't actually met any competent shudh-hindi types who weren't also ifans of more abused vernaculars. Hard not to like bambaiyya for eg11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr @zem42 and @nishaspillaiOne of my proudest moments is beating out hindi natives for hindi best actor award in freshie drams with my bihari turn 😎 southie revenge5:10 PM · Sep 26, 20172 Likes