babu English in English

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      "expansion": "babu English (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
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          "ref": "2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116",
          "text": "Despite the innocuous-sounding claim that the purpose of his article was ‘to provide a few notes on the characteristics of English used to-day by the educated Indian’ (Goffin 1934: 20), Goffin’s text is very much in the ‘Babu English’ tradition, that is, it derides the way in which Indians used English.",
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        "(India) A variety of Indian English characterized by excessive formality, politeness, ornamentation, and an indirect manner of communication."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "babuism"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Babu English"
        },
        {
          "word": "Baboo English"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "baboo English"
        }
      ],
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        "India",
        "uncountable"
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  "word": "babu English"
}

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          "text": "Despite the innocuous-sounding claim that the purpose of his article was ‘to provide a few notes on the characteristics of English used to-day by the educated Indian’ (Goffin 1934: 20), Goffin’s text is very much in the ‘Babu English’ tradition, that is, it derides the way in which Indians used English.",
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          "manner",
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      "word": "Babu English"
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      "word": "Baboo English"
    },
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"babu English" meaning in English

Proper name