[Y-Indology] Questions on South Asian English

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> Would a South Asian, particularly a speaker of Urdu, be likely to say

> "you peoples" instead of "you people" in addressing a large group of

> people, a collectivity?YES

>

> What would be the most likely spelling in South Asia of the honorific

> for a descendant of Mohammad: sheikh, sheykh, shaikh, or shaykh?

SHEIKH.All Sheikhs are not descendents of Prophet Mohhamad

 

Rajesh Kochhar

[Guest guest]

--- Allen W Thrasher <athr wrote:

> Would a South Asian, particularly a speaker of Urdu,

> be likely to say

> "you peoples" instead of "you people" in addressing

> a large group of

> people, a collectivity?

 

No. I have been around Indian English-educated Urdu

speakers,and I have never heard them say this. I know

a handful of Pakistani gentlemen, who have not spoken

thus, yet.

>

> What would be the most likely spelling in South Asia

> of the honorific

> for a descendant of Mohammad: sheikh, sheykh,

> shaikh, or shaykh?

>

 

Sheikh. This is the only spelling I have seen.

 

Best wishes.

 

Jogesh Panda

 

 

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[Guest guest]

> --- Allen W Thrasher <athr wrote:

> > Would a South Asian, particularly a speaker of

> Urdu,

> > be likely to say

> > "you peoples" instead of "you people" in

> addressing

> > a large group of

> > people, a collectivity?

 

Interestingly, I have heard it from Tamils.

 

> > What would be the most likely spelling in South

> Asia

> > of the honorific

> > for a descendant of Mohammad: sheikh, sheykh,

> > shaikh, or shaykh?

 

It is used as a surname in India. The telephone

directories give it mostly as Shaikh, less as Sheikh

and sometimes as Sheik. I have also seen it spelled as

Shaykh for people of Arab countries.

 

Regards,

Marina Orelskaya

 

 

 

 

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