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| Fenugreek leaves. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar |
Ever had canopies at a party? Or horse’s ovaries?
I don’t have a problem with bad spelling and mispronunciation. How can I, an Indian born and bred, be expected to know whether it’s tor-teeya or tort-illa, that one could be a corn flatbread in Me-hico and the other an omelette in Spain? Or that both could be either? They’re not from our language, not even from English, our foster-mother tongue. Can they say sambar or daal? But some food words have become so Indian that maybe it’s time we got them right. If peeza’s here can paella be far behind? The confusion between pa-ell-a and pa-aiyy-a should be fun.
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