Pakistani Urdu & North Indian Urdu

[Xtron]

Re: Pakistani Urdu & North Indian Urdu

^haha@phirnee. I personally haven't heard any Indian say that. But please never ever say kheer front of Afghan.
I said it once...and my SIL's family started giggling and actually laughing. So i always call it firnee....

[Southie]

Re: Pakistani Urdu & North Indian Urdu

How r firnee and phirnee different

[Southie]

Re: Pakistani Urdu & North Indian Urdu

I mean they should sound the same na?

[Southie]

Re: Pakistani Urdu & North Indian Urdu

I think I got it. Was sounding it out loud.

Guilty of saying fir wahi as opposed to phir wahi

[redvelvet]

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shudders

Southie, if we ever run into each other...let's stick to English.

[Southie]

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Sheri

[redvelvet]

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Nandri

[mahool]

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@ekumunng

Pakistani Urdu speakers move their head up & down when they agree… North Indian Urdu speakers (others as well) move their heads left-to-right with some angular movement when they agree.

My lab director asked me once, why people from India do this, I don’t know if they are saying yes or no? And I was like … how the hell I know man!

[Doppleganger]

Re: Pakistani Urdu & North Indian Urdu

@Xtron

^haha@phirnee. I personally haven't heard any Indian say that. But please never ever say kheer front of Afghan. I said it once...and my SIL's family started giggling and actually laughing. So i always call it firnee....

Sounds like the word for donkey, is it?

[StrangeOne]

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During a trip to India the first question most people asked me was where I was from. I did start asking why they didn't think I was Indian and a couple of people told me it was the way I spoke. I wasn't using hardcore urdu (because it's all jumbled with English anyway) but there was enough difference that people had to ask.