Re: Urdu snobbery
Hmm I see where u are coming from, but I dont think you can blame the parents for wanting to teach their kids urdu and there is no snobbish about that. Snobbish is our community in pakistan where urdu is seen as a high class language while punjabi is only spoken by the ill-mannered. Well, nowadays slowly urdu is being replaced with english. And after english I guess we will all turn to french huh :D
I myself am punjabi and we do speak punjabi at home. But I have often seen that when you tell people "yes, we speak punjabi at home" its frowned upon as if my parents havent done the right thing or that I should lie and say "no no hum to urdu hi ghar mein bolte hain" .. I dont know why this is the case, maybe because punjabi does come across as a "rude" language? I dont know.
Personally, I dont care what people speak as long as they make sense. I dislike those who speak punjabi at home, but as soon as they step outside, they act as if they have never spoken one word of punjabi and act all "ohh we dont know punjabi, its such a silly language" yeah sure and then they bust themselves saying "Hayee une mainu chudi vadi" .. sure sure dear, punjabi to apko aati hi nahin .. tsk tsk!