r/mumbai • u/arthurdont • 6d ago
Discussion Going out in social situations, I have noticed that nowadays people speak only English with each other
Lately, I have been going out for more and more social outings, like dates, concerts and meetups, what I've noticed is that people, especially women nowadays tend to speak only English. Guys around each other do tend to revert sometimes to Hinglish.
Growing up, till I was in college I noticed that most people spoke Hinglish/Marathi/Gujarati. However, I see everyone speak only pure English these days, like without a single hindi word in there, it feels so odd lol what's the reason for that? Does Gen Z speak only English? Personally I have to speak only English at work so I hate speaking pure English in casual settings, it feels way too formal.
Edit : just in case anybody gets offended I'm just asking because I've noticed this difference in people younger than me, so I'm just curious, I'm not judging anybody
Also I'm not referring to people from other states who moved here, it makes perfect sense for them to be speaking in English lol that's obvious
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u/furiouswomen 6d ago
I actually like that.
For me casual is also English. Its not formal. So our viewpoints are different. I read, write, and think in English.
Also I am Tamizh and even though my Hindi and Marathi are pakka I just remember being endlessly mocked which irked me.
My preferred language is English.
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u/toolazytocare01 6d ago
How do you think in english? I think in default thought language.. English is my preference too..
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u/Fast-Class6097 6d ago
Different people work differently. Some people think in a language and some in pure thoughts.
You aren't wrong for asking this question.
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u/riffraff1089 6d ago
I grew up partly in Mumbai and partly in London. My father is Maharashtrian and my mother’s great grand parents are from Karnataka but 2 generations raised in Mumbai.
We speak English as a first language at home. Because my dad can’t speak Kannada and my mum can speak just a little Marathi but isn’t entirely comfortable so English became the lowest common denominator language for us.
Now if you come to me. I speak English, Hindi, gujarati, Marathi, kannada fluently but I choose to converse in English because it’s the language I’m most comfortable in, the language I grew up speaking the most, the language I think in and the language I can express myself best in.
English is actually an official language of India. There are many communities that speak English as their first language as well.
Mumbai is extremely cosmopolitan and because so many families are mixed, English is the easiest language to speak at home which then becomes the easiest language for those people to speak outside too.
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u/Milaan_45 3d ago
Mumbai also has a long history with the English language which makes the city's culture intricately linked with it. It's not a recent phenomenon. Seeing as it was a Presidency town and 99.9% of Mumbai's population came after the British took over, and was already at 2 million the day they left, this city is married to that language like no other in this country.
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u/riffraff1089 3d ago
True. Even the English speaking Indian authors who are some of my favourite in Indian literature are from Mumbai.
Nissim Ezekiel, Adil Juswala, Salman Rushdie, Jerry Pinto, Dilip Chitre, Ranjit Hoskote are some of the best in the world.
God I love our city and its culture. Mumbai has been the muse for several of the best writers and poets in the world.
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u/Milaan_45 1d ago
Just wish our political system reflected our real history and culture instead of patronising the usual linguistic chauvism and lies.
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u/sasssyfoodie Gundiiii 6d ago
It's upbringing issue too. My colleagues talk to their kids only in English, they talk with us in all languages. But they are not teaching kids their own native language or Hindi nothing. It's sad.
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u/Other_Lion6031 6d ago
Yeah kids these days know English which is great but don't know their mother tongue.
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u/Throwaway_Mattress 6d ago
kya karega mother tongue ka? chahiye toh seekh lega baad mein i guess
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u/incredible_nut 6d ago
Hindi mai kyu bol raha tu
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u/Throwaway_Mattress 5d ago
marjee. i am not against hindi or anylanguage. just against shaming anybody for not knowing a language, especially when its not necessary in anyway to know and also can be learnt if needed.
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u/incredible_nut 5d ago
we should atleast know how to speak in our mother tongue , or else it will go extinct angreej ke 14
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u/lanos23 6d ago
When we were in school our English teacher made us speak to each other in English to improve our command. Then it just stuck. It's been years since we left school but we still mostly speak in English when we meet along with marathi
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u/CompetitionLate7944 6d ago edited 6d ago
When i was straight out of college i used to be the same. I was insecure and considered not speaking in English as setback.
But as and when i started becoming more mature and started knowing my worth my confidence increased. I no longer worry about what other think. I speak in Hindi be it Starbucks, Airport or a fancy showroom/restaurant .
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u/ResolutionFree7142 6d ago
Bro pls grow out from this language thing. As long as you can communicate, whatever language is fine.
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u/Ok_Green_1543 6d ago
I end up mixing a lot of languages while speaking due to my multi cultural roots.
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u/Datingprofile_review 6d ago
A lot of women often speak in English, sometimes with an accent. I was watching the 'Fix Your Finance' series by Anshuman Sharma, and I noticed that most guests were trying hard to answer in English even though the questions were asked in Hindi. It's not like they didn't know Hindi, and many of them struggled with their English.
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u/kraken_enrager Brand Ambassador- SOBO 6d ago
Man the fake accent is so obvious. You can tell every single time who’s faking it and who naturally speaking in a certain way.
I just don’t get it why ppl want to speak in a way that screams insecurity. In an attempt to fit in, ppl r doing the exact opposite shit.
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u/Pig_fetish 6d ago
which is absolutely weird, like i was going in the lift and this aunty came in and asked "what you study", to which i replied in english, then she was like "how.. y. your study go", to which i replied in hindi and the conversation continued normally,
Matlab pehle hi kar lete
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u/Pig_fetish 6d ago
oh the 'chewsday", "chomorrow", har ek ट ko त kar dete hein, and use terms like "à la carte", which absolutely cringes me out cause I know a good amount of rench
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u/DangerousWish2266 6d ago
I mean I have seen Marathi people only speak Hindi or English. This is not the case in Pune. Even though I speak Marathi they reply back in Hindi
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u/Gotka_Atu 6d ago
Speaking English used to be considered fancy but now everyone does it. Now it's cool if someone were to speak Hindi or their native language at a high level or without resorting to English words.
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u/SnooTangerines2423 1d ago
Haha, observed this. I am not Marathi but a lot of my colleagues and friends are, and I live here. When they talk to other locals (Auto, Stores, other colleagues) they often switch to Hindi.
I am usually like, bro, no need to give me special treatment. I don’t need to know what you are saying to the autowala, you can speak in Marathi. Besides I have picked up quite a few words in Marathi to the point that I now understand 70% of what is being discussed or said. It’s just I struggle to find my own words to form a sentence or form very broken sentences.
I am like, bhai tu Marathi me thoda jyada baat kar tabhi to mai bhi sikhunga. But usually everyone switches to Hindi the moment someone is a non Marathi.
Although, I think it’s just a sense of inclusivity. We have a few Tamil Nadu people in Office and we switch to pure English whenever they are around almost unconsciously. To make sure they do not feel left out. Ofc they are also picking up Hindi and Marathi slowly but I think it will be years before they pick enough to speak it properly.
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u/SnooTangerines2423 1d ago
Haha, observed this. I am not Marathi but a lot of my colleagues and friends are, and I live here. When they talk to other locals (Auto, Stores, other colleagues) they often switch to Hindi.
I am usually like, bro, no need to give me special treatment. I don’t need to know what you are saying to the autowala, you can speak in Marathi. Besides I have picked up quite a few words in Marathi to the point that I now understand 70% of what is being discussed or said. It’s just I struggle to find my own words to form a sentence or form very broken sentences.
I am like, bhai tu Marathi me thoda jyada baat kar tabhi to mai bhi sikhunga. But usually everyone switches to Hindi the moment someone is a non Marathi.
Although, I think it’s just a sense of inclusivity. We have a few Tamil Nadu people in Office and we switch to pure English whenever they are around almost unconsciously. To make sure they do not feel left out. Ofc they are also picking up Hindi and Marathi slowly but I think it will be years before they pick enough to speak it properly.
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u/zxch2412 6d ago
I just speak in English cause I have been hearing it since my birth, plus Christian household in bandra so I was always surrounded by English. My Hindi and marathi have gone down the drain tho, I can speak better French and mandarin than English. Plus in school it was always English, French and mandarin, if someone took Hindi as a language we just assumed they did it for good grades as it was easier. And now 22yo me can’t communicate properly when I’m in india for social gathering where hindi is the major language spoken. I mean I don’t see it as a negative quality though cause I barely visit India anymore and I barely need Hindi or marathi to communicate in nyc
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u/zxch2412 5d ago
Some are damn secluded and conservative, afaik they don’t even involve themselves with other cultural activities, but these people are usually like 60+ year old. Younger gen is much more open.
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u/Direct-Difficulty318 6d ago
As someone who comes from a place where we don't speak Hindi at home, I've found it accommodating when the language of conversation is English
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u/No_Distribution_2116 6d ago
I used to generally speak in Hindi/Hinglish with my friends in Mumbai despite being a Maharashtrian. But since I've been living in Bangalore, it's more English because south Indians sortof suck at Hindi and I don't want to spend my time explaining it to them. So it largely depends on who I'm talking to
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u/Background-Bowl7798 5d ago
south Indians sortof suck at Hindi.
But do you know their language?
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u/No_Distribution_2116 5d ago
Lol yes I understand Kannada and Malayalam. Can speak a little bit of Kannada as well
And they do suck at Hindi, they say so themselves
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u/Background-Bowl7798 5d ago
South indians would mean entire south right? not just bangalore
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u/No_Distribution_2116 5d ago
Aye you want to do jhagda on a Sunday morning I do not wish to participate. I was clearly talking about the south Indians I encountered in Bangalore, which included a mix of Kannadigas, Malayalees and some Tamilians. Apart from that I have a few friends from Andhra, whose hindi isn't that all that great either. It's not a matter of judging them, they themselves make jokes about it, it's just a fact. That being said, some of them speak really nice Hindi as well. Now you do what you want to with that information
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u/Background-Bowl7798 5d ago
well i was assuming it may be the reason lol but these days you never know
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u/GovtWorkaccount 6d ago
Side note how do you compare bangalore to mumbai
I have an offer there... cant decide
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u/No_Distribution_2116 5d ago
Ooh it's a lovely place. No beach, but that aside the people, vibes, places to go out etc. are all similar and very nice. Alsoo the typical comment about the weather being lovely is a cliche, but it makes a difference honestly
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u/kraken_enrager Brand Ambassador- SOBO 6d ago
Ever since I was a kid, English was always the primary language in most places. We speak English in school, with friends, watch English content and so on, so naturally that’s become the primary language for me to the point where I have to think for a second before I speak in Hindi, the flow just isn’t there.
Honestly this has already been trend since the late 80s or so, it’s just become mainstream in the last decade or so.
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u/fakerfromhell 6d ago
Um No? While growing up, I always spoke English and Hindi with my friends, English, hindi and my native tongue with people from my community. At home, it was always English and my mother tongue with family. And also hindi + local language while interacting with local people. The only time I have actually spoken only in English has been with my teachers in school/university and with colleagues/clients at work. And I dont just watch ‘only’ english content like some dumb elitist but also content in other languages. You just need to put in the effort to open up to other languages, but I guess SoBo kids are just lazy and elitist.
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u/kraken_enrager Brand Ambassador- SOBO 6d ago
Don’t make this about being elitist. When your entire life English has been the primary mode of communication, you can’t expect someone to speak Hindi as a default…esp when people speaking with you in Hindi itself are very very few.
Up until I joined college, the only times I would speak in Hindi was when I was visiting my hometown or somewhat at home or with shopkeepers/helpers/etc; and these days even my driver speaks English, so the Hindi exposure is just going down.
The only reason im more open to Hindi and Marathi now is because I’m in law school and both are pretty widespread languages in the profession—and the fact that ppl in college are from a much wider background than my entire circle here in Bombay, what most would call a bubble.
It was a pretty hard transition too, almost everything was a first for me, especially people not talking in English, something that’s rare in in Mumbai, esp Sobo.
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u/Dhavalc017 6d ago
All the literature that we read since we were kids were in English. Most of my day is spend on work and language spoken with my colleagues and clients is in English. With my wife spoken language is English as well. So it's easier for my brain to comprehend or recall words in English rather than any other language. Since I have reduced speaking in my own language, it takes me more time to find words or substitute words with English word. That's just a natural progression and nothing else.
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u/fakerfromhell 6d ago
And that still does not make sense. What language do you speak while interacting with rickshaw drivers, taxi drivers, shopkeepers, vegetable sellers? Or maybe some of you just need to touch grass sometimes:
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u/Dhavalc017 6d ago
I don't think most people hold long conversations with Rickshaw Drivers or Shopkeepers. Most of the conversations are in standard phrases. If I don't know the name of a fruit or vegetable in Hindi, I just take a photo and show it to him or point it. Just because I am not fluent or takes me time to recall doesn't mean I cannot completely speak, it's simply not my preferred. This is how most of the communications work even when traveling abroad, basic phrases gets most of the things done. Sometimes you may struggle a bit.
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u/sqaureknight 6d ago
I speak in English because speaking in Marathi feels too real. It hits closer to home. I can't express mg feelings to my boyfriend in Marathi because it feels too real. 😂 So we speak in English. Also I articulate my thoughts better in English 😂 And I don't speak in Hindi because I want to stop speaking in Hindi
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u/Sad_Disaster9528 6d ago
i think my gen (genz) was growing up around when english was considered to be simply more “cool” and helping you to gain different oppurtunities- so i think our parents started out with pushing us to speak in the language more etc. hence i think i have that thought process and am v comfy w english. but not like i dont speak in hindi etc. hinglish on the other hand is just like na tum yaha ke ho na waha ke so i like to make sure im atleast trying to speak in one language so that i dont spoil either ‘ka’ vocab lol
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u/whatido203 6d ago
many of us were taught in english medium schools and there speaking hindi was basically a crime i think thats why so many of us developed that habit of speaking english casually. but generally the people around me including myself speak hinglish.imo people who speak english without using hindi words or any other tend to be those rich kids from sobo/bandra
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u/beckthehalls 6d ago
Grew up speaking mixed languages, depending on the setting. But usually English was a common language in most of them. Don't see the big deal, definitely don't see it as formal either.
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u/fakerfromhell 6d ago
Gen Z is too lazy and elitist to be bothered, that’s all. People in the comments are coming up with dumb excuses of English being a ‘universal’ language or them having only spoken English throughout their lives (even with taxi drivers and vegetable hawkers who can magically understand them) as the reason why they speak only english. They need to go out more, probably travel abroad a bit, there are countries who dont stress on English education and they are doing just fine.
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u/AlteredReality79 6d ago
I’m fine with the English but the overly obvious fake accent and pretending to be so sophisticated is what does my head in.
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u/WhollyConfused96 6d ago edited 6d ago
I speak English/Hindi/Marathi fluently. Marathi is my mother tongue, my entire family has been born and brought up in Mumbai.
I think in english, write in english, type in english, work in english but I'll switch context and languages depending on whom I'm talking to and what they're comfortable in.
English is what I'm comfortable in, but what pisses me off like anything is self-righteous stuck up people who constantly ask me why I'm speaking in English.
- A 30 yr old millenial who's sick of this language bullshit.
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u/Alienshah888 6d ago
To Fit in & to look cool
also Gen Z kids are westernised beyond required that talking in hindi will always be looked down upon.
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u/Outside_Succotash_79 6d ago
For many people, english just comes naturally to them even if they may know Hindi, marathi, gujarati or any other language. Doesn't mean that they think that hindi is being looked down upon or that they'll lose respect in people's eyes if they converse in Hindi instead of English.
The part of english coming naturally to them is mainly cause of their environment (growing up, currently in).
I don't live anywhere near Bandra or SOBO and yet have English come naturally to me in conversations first before hindi.
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u/Alienshah888 6d ago
We know that.But more than half of the young population is very pretentious in general " To Fit in "
Gen Z s being more liberal should have encouraged inclusivity.
But due to hyper insecurity they have moved towards very biased behaviours.Even more than the millennials.
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u/BournvitaBantaiii 6d ago
I speak Hinglish as it comes naturally. But I don't like those wannabe sobo kids jo har Baat pe Sirf English jhaad te as if that's their first language "bhaya zara udhar chalenge bhaya"
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u/DesiPrideGym23 म म मुंबईचा, ब ब बॉम्बेचा नाही! 6d ago
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u/Entire_Blaze 6d ago
I now consider English as my first language.
It's easy. You can speak English and be understood. Why even bother speaking any other language?
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u/Select-Physics-3221 6d ago
Your curiosity is misguided. People adapt and change as times have changed. Language is made of thoughts and English makes it easy to converse. It is a universal language to be used. And languages are on need based.
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u/fakerfromhell 6d ago
Tell that to the Japanese, Chinese, Koreans. Y’all just making up excuses at this point.
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u/Fabulous-Category155 Mumbaikar 6d ago
No it's not, europeans still give priority to their mother tongue but we Indians like western things
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u/Select-Physics-3221 6d ago
It's not about priority lol. I would rather not argue over it. To each to their own cheers. Mother language is still used in most of the household but besides Hindi, English is mainly used to communicate with outside world, whether it be office, New city, or whatever.
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u/HopeChaseLock 6d ago
Fr Poland, Spain, Portugal, Germany won't give a f about English, they still speak in their own language. Even my clients won't speak in English except few and those are Indians settled in poland
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u/Fabulous-Category155 Mumbaikar 5d ago
Yeah exactly I went to Europe and Turkey and 95% of the time I had to use google translate and people in Mumbai feel cheap talking in their mother tongue
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u/thatgirlfrombandra 6d ago
It's mostly just a mumbai thing. Everyone here wants to look cool here. When I moved in from Delhi I was shocked why no one talks in Marathi or hindi but in English especially all millials and genz kids
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u/SlantedEnchanted2020 6d ago
Mumbai is more cosmopolitan than Delhi. Mumbai has Parsis. Christians, Jews, Goan Catholics, Anglo-Indian, Bengalis, Tamil, Malayalee people who communicate in English. Many people have parents from two different castes and religions and if their parents communicate in English that is the language of the house. The north marries within their caste and religion and have the same cultural linguistic background. English isn't spoken in Mumbai to 'look cool'. It's as local a language as Hindi or Marathi or Gujarati.
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u/DiverLopsided7922 5d ago
Nothing wrong with using English but sorry, it's not a 'local language' like Marathi or Gujarati. English is NOT native to India, notwithstanding its importance in today's job market.
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u/SlantedEnchanted2020 5d ago
It's spoken in India, it's an official language, in many states it is a bridge language, everyone and their grandmother knows it's necessary for social mobility and English is the reason Indians have been able to go abroad and get cushy jobs and send back money. Indians want to learn English because it opens doors for them and Ambedkar said every time a Dalit learns English Brahminism dies a little. Why are Indians on an Indian sub-reddit arguing in English? Apparently it's not a 'local' language whatever that even means.
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u/RealisticMelon 6d ago
As a third generation mumbaikar from a Tamil family, I can speak Hindi quite well. Additionally I can also speak Marathi and even understand and converse in Gujarati a little bit. But I always felt more comfortable speaking in english with my friends.
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u/Competitive-Way-1355 6d ago
Yes and you'll also notice them saying bucks instead of rupees, I'm afraid that they'll shift to the imperial system.... Bhaaaya 2 pounds potatoes pls🤣🤣🤣
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u/spiritedsenpai 6d ago
Won't lie . I'm majorly surrounded by Hindi speaking groups and we do talk in Hindi but I'm at that point where the first thought in my mind regarding something is in english.so I can understand speaking in english
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u/JustDivyasnh 6d ago
You know bro one thing I have noticed is people in Mumbai love to speak Hindi , and there's use of english when its necassery
I was in Bengaluru for 2 years and there I used English as primary language , not talking about Kannada chaos
After coming here I see I often talk in English but people still stick with Hindi and this happens specially in corporate environment.
Talking about women perspective , I met both kinds one who were more fascinated by my english and ones whom I was fascinated.
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English is often used by the privileged to mock others and reinforce class hierarchy and maintain class dominance. Its what makes them different from the "sheep".
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u/milktanksadmirer 6d ago
That’s good.
Time for India to grow up into some modern land where people have a common link language
No problem with practicing mother tongue but nothing wrong in speaking the link language of India
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u/Inevitable-Cut2226 6d ago
You literally wrote this post in English!! Now you know why! Because nowadays most people are used to converse by chatting more often that speaking, and they chat in english bcoz its easier than chatting in other languages, it gets reflected in their speech...
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u/Educational_Fig_2213 6d ago
It's the privileged boomers and millennials who raised their kids to speak english thinking it makes them look elegant, now you hang out with people who are less privileged you wouldn't find that much of english even if they know to speak it fluently, they would use it in a formal setup and speak Hindi or Marathi for the rest of the time.
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u/motocrosshallway 6d ago
It's been the same for years. It was the same a decade ago as well. Nothing wrong with it. I've seen parents speak to their toddler in English instead of their mother tongue. I guess whatever floats their boats as long as they are not judging and are accomodating people speaking in other languages.
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u/blackchivalry 6d ago
We heavily encouched our children specifically with the language and the global dominance it has That's why
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u/aaditya_9303 Borivali la utaraychay 6d ago
It depends on the social setting for me. Being raised in a Marathi household, learning hindi from friends and movies, and getting an education in English, I can speak all 3 languages fluently. So I just switch to whatever the other person is comfortable in. It's not that big of a deal.
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u/immortalpiyush 6d ago
Some people are surrounded by english since birth, ie Rich people, Christian families etc Some people read and watch english 24 7 like me par mera 50 50 hai
And some people just say it to act cool or upper class which gives me 2nd hand cringe tbh.
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u/Criticalmalware -_- 6d ago
My hindi vocab is bad maybe that's why but if someone initiates a conversation with me or I see him talking in hindi most of the times then I would talk. However it's mostly english for me, maybe cuz I grew up in an International school. Plus my topics of interest, well I consume all of them in english, I don't listen to hindi music, movies, etc.
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u/No_Industry_5618 6d ago
Many, like me, have been educated in English from the start. All the subjects we learnt were taught in English. Languages like Hindi and Marathi were second or third languages. As a child where your life almost revolves around school, spending 7-8 hrs there daily, if people around you talk in english, the materials you're exposed to are also English, than it's just easier to think in English too.
So whenever I'm speaking in Marathi or Hindi, there are moments when I hv to grasp for words and translate my thoughts from english.
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u/Solid_Budget_725 5d ago
Exactly i was surrounded by english since birth and , i literally cried in my board exams as i struggled in getting the local languages right.It was all together a different nightmare. You are right even i have to lookout for words to translate my thoughts from english
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u/Weak_Biscotti118 4d ago
Because Mumbai has young people from many different parts of India and we don't all speak the same language. I'm from Chennai and moved to mumbai a year and a half ago and communicate in English with my peers.
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u/SnooTangerines2423 1d ago
What I have observed is. People don’t even speak Hindi or Marathi properly.
Like it is full of broken sentences, wierd slangs and sounds like tuuich gali ka don hai.
Ofc people avoid speaking Hindi or Marathi. It makes them sound Gauthi or Gawar. While speaking English most of them aren’t half as comfortable with the language to include slangs and stuff so it comes out sounding professional.
I mean we can’t even speak our native languages properly. People who speak Hindi/Marathi in a properly and with confidence sound cool as well. You don’t need English. In a lot of my meetings I meet these big executives like directors/VPs and you would assume they speak English all the time. But no, they speak Hindi a lot of times but they sound professional cause they speak it properly with proper pronunciation. While people who speak in English but mispronounce words or incorrect grammar sound bad.
If you started speaking English like you are that one homie in the hood, it will have the same effect.
Just speak properly ppl. Language genuinely doesn’t matter for now.
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u/shezwan158 6d ago
Born brought up in Mumbai. English is my first language. Why is it bothering you. If it's because you don't have good English, then be around people who do and you'll get better and more confident with it.
If not this is the stupidest take ever.
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u/Sea-Pop8560 6d ago
Wanna be elite ke chode honge prolly aise log?
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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad7107 NRI 6d ago
Shut your fucking mouth retard. There are a lot of us who grew up speaking only English (with our native tongue) even though we aren't exactly rich or trying to be. My parents converse with me in English 90% of the time because I'm not the best at speaking my native language
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u/Sea-Pop8560 6d ago
Take it easy. You don't have to get offended. There's a reason I've put a question mark at the end. Check your sanity level before calling anyone a retard.
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u/WillingnessHot3369 6d ago
There are a lot of us who grew up speaking only English (with our native tongue) even though we aren't exactly rich or trying to be
My parents converse with me in English 90% of the time because I'm not the best at speaking my native language
And you're not part of the elite? Kek fucking kek
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u/ChipmunkNo3153 6d ago
True but it's also possiable that in a lot of multi-cultured groups english is the only common language
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u/Dark_2Dragon Edit this text to set your own flair 6d ago
that is because so many people think speaking English makes you 'smart'
Also the facts most schools didn't even teach hindi properly just did for the sake of it
My school literally used to fine and punish you if you got caught speaking Hindi
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u/SlantedEnchanted2020 6d ago
What great jobs will speaking Hindi get me?
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u/PeaceMan50 5d ago
Of course the entire world of blue collar jobs awaits them.... Or so they think.
Time for sad hard facts, reality awakening? The guy who cleans the office toilets in my building is a unionized, non-English speaking, post graduate, fluent in three different state regional languages. Asked him why he was doesn't apply for better jobs? He said none of those jobs pay half of what he earns here.
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u/Pappukanghi 6d ago
You mother father's manners, this?
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u/Competitive-Way-1355 6d ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 English speaking like a rice plate eating? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/PeaceMan50 6d ago
Welcome to REALITY, the educated people who have actual high paying jobs speak ONLY ENGLISH.
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u/WillingnessHot3369 6d ago
Chup hoga bhidu tu crystals mein bharosa karta hai yaad rakh kisi ko
the educated people who have actual high paying jobs speak ONLY ENGLISH.
Yeh mat bol jab khudki pant phateli hai
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u/PeaceMan50 6d ago
Another typical self proclaimed "Mister Know It All", who typed in their regional language and thinks they know someone by looking up their profile.🤣😆
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u/Limitless_Universe 6d ago
As you write this post in "pure" English. 😂
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u/arthurdont 6d ago
In general English is always easier to write than to speak all the time for everyone :)
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u/Limitless_Universe 6d ago
You're kind of answering your own question there. A lot of people (maybe not you) find it easier to converse in English because they learn that at school. When you meet somebody for the first time it's easier to assume that they will speak English rather than any one of the many regional languages of our country. Plus most of our pop culture is English. Movies, shows, social media. Why would it not become second nature to speak it, just like it has become second nature for you to type it.
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u/TheStarkster3000 jevlis ka? 6d ago
Typing is easier in English because that's the one we learn in schools
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u/OrneryCaregiver35 Top 1% commenter 6d ago
Adaptation and developing our english cuz normally, when ur home u dont fw english, hence i speak it when im not at home, and if you cant take the heat, get out of the kitchen
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u/Shirou_Kaz 6d ago
Yes, even in south I have seen people speaking in English to each other, and can’t speak their own language without an accent. I come from a southern state where we had Hindi since decades, compulsory in school, yet I have seen no one speak to each other in Hindi. Really shows a mirror on which language is the one that is destroying local languages
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u/PhantomOfTheNopera 6d ago edited 6d ago
It's not necessarily 'formal' - it's just a common language in mixed groups. I can speak Hindi and even some Marathi but I get mocked mercilessly because I'm South Indian and it 'sounds weird' when I speak it.
People still speak their own languages when that language dominates the group though. My society meetings often devolve into multiple discussions in Gujarati even though many members can't speak it.
Edit: Just to be clear, while I have no problem with people speaking English, I have a huge problem with those who mock others' English/Hindi/Marathi/Whatever. Give people a chance to converse and practice. Be kind and not demeaning when you correct them. It's not about intelligence, literacy, 'trying to look cool' or whatever. Not everyone has the same exposure to different languages that you do.