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Not quite english, not quite urdu

by Fouzia Nasir Ahmad

KARACHI: Have you noticed that when we speak English with our families and friends, it often sounds like a direct translation of Urdu, and yet everyone understands perfectly. It is quite different from when we speak English with a British or American person, where we subconsciously try to fine tune our accent and select our […]

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