Originally Posted by
pindi
I grew up in India and went to an Engineering college there. If I had written English in this slang (for the lack of a better word)
1) I would never have graduated
2) I would not have received any job offers
3) I could not have dared offer help to foreigners
I know I left India almost 20 yrs ago - but did the education system really deteriorate this much in 20 years? I find that hard to believe.
Sure, use this mode for texting on your cell, but please, when offering your services to those not familiar with India, it probably is more appropriate to use the proper language to give them confidence in your abilities.
Please don't flame me...
While I agree with your notion that the verbage used in the poster's response is not appropriate for formal communications, I have no problem understanding what the poster typed. I too grew up in India and went to a university in India before coming to the U.S. some thirty years ago. The kind of language used by the poster is not confined to India. Such usage, most likely, developed on the internet. Some people think it's cool to write like that, or it shows that the user is "smart" as it shows that they are computer savy. I call such people lazy. Once I questioned the meaning of some of such phrases once. The correspondent indicated "this is computer lingo. Get with it."
My problem with the poster's response was that it was vague and offered no help. It was insulting to the person who asked a question, in good faith, upon the offer of help by the OP.