User talk:Itsmeyash31

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Again, welcome! —AryamanA (मुझसे बात करेंयोगदान) 03:51, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, you expanded the Hindustani grammar article on Wikipedia!! Nice to have you! Feel free to reach out to me whenever you need. —AryamanA (मुझसे बात करेंयोगदान) 03:52, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm doing a research project into the realization of certain diphthongs in Indian English, and I noticed that you were the one who added the Indian English pronunciation of the noun 'pear'. I was wondering if you had a source for this, or if you added this pronunciation purely based on personal experience. No judgement either way, it's just that I am looking for a citation to put into my paper. Thanks Altosaxophonie (talk) 11:22, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Altosaxophonie: Hello. I wrote that based on my personal experience. However, if you're looking for a source I can refer you to google's pronunciation tool. If you search in google for e.g. "Pear pronunciation", google shows you the pronunciation of the word as "pee-uh" for Indian English and "peuh" and "pehr" for British and American English respectively. You'll need to be in India or use a free VPN for google to show the Indian English pronunciation. I am not sure if it could be cited or even be considered a legitimate source but it fairly represents the Indian English pronunciation. It even includes all the odd ones as well like how "flour" is pronounced the same as "floor" in Indian English. If you could search for where Google's getting its pronunciation data that might help you. Itsmeyash31 (talk) 19:52, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]