Comment on I notice Indians speaking English tend to speak very fast. Are the Indian languages simply spoken faster?

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MrsDoyle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Oh that reminded me of one time I was in hospital really sick & an Indian doctor was examining me. She said, “Do you have any wessicles?” Ummm what is that? “Wessicles… I can’t remember the English word…” She tried describing wessicles and it hit me - blisters. “Yes, yes! Blisters!” She had actually been saying vesicles, which to be fair I would have to have looked up if I came across it in a book. We had a good laugh, she diagnosed me correctly, I got the right meds, and I recovered.

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