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Most often these are cases of a word to word translation from India languages. Also, a lot of Indian English grammar rules are leftovers from Victorian England
by one24 5y ago
Most often these are cases of a word to word translation from India languages.
Also, a lot of Indian English grammar rules are leftovers from Victorian England. For example, rarely would you see an Indian speaker use the word "too" after a verb for emphasis. But I see most of my American colleagues use that word way "too" much.
Your example of "Today itself", probably has roots in Hindi where "Aaj hi" is a commonly used term.
- silicon2401 5y agothanks for the input > Also, a lot of Indian English grammar rules are leftovers from Victorian England This is about what I gathered from looking into the topic online. It's a fascinating thing to think about and makes total sense. Similar to how Korean and Japanese are influenced by Chinese, but the Chinese of centuries ago, not today. Is "aaj hi" "today itself" or "itself"?
- one24 5y ago"aaj" -> Today "Hi"(pronunciation he) -> Itself
- softveda 5y agoI am of Indian heritage, I would say "Just today"
- one24 5y agoBut in a different context, say when you want someone to submit an assignment by today, a common phrase is, "Please get it done, today itself"