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NDTV
a day ago
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Video: German Woman Living In Kerala Explains Why She Speaks English With An Indian Accent
There are several videos that showcase foreigners learning about Indian culture. It could be through art, dance, food, or even learning various Indian languages. Now, a video of a German woman explaining why she speaks English with a distinctly Indian accent has grabbed the internet's attention. The clip, shared on Instagram, features Klara, a German teacher currently living in India. It shows her addressing a common question she receives: "Why does this white girl have an Indian accent when she speaks in English? She's not Indian." Responding to this, Klara clarified, "No, I'm not Indian. I'm actually German and I should have a German accent while speaking in English. But, I'll tell you why I have an Indian accent." "One reason is that I only talk to Indians in English. So, obviously, you adapt to what you hear. If I only talk to Indians, I will hear the Indian accent. So, I'm going to adapt to it and I will also talk like that," she continued. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ക്ലാര - Klara (@keralaklara) Further, she explained, "The second reason is that I speak Malayalam. And while speaking Malayalam, you don't say everything in pure Malayalam. You use English words in between. And how do you pronounce those English words? In an Indian accent. Imagine I want to say, I want a fridge in Malayalam. I pronounce 'fridge' like Indian English. Now imagine I would use British English. I think that's the main reason." Since being shared, Klara's post has gone viral, garnering more than 638,000 views and over 24,000 likes. Reacting to it, one user wrote, "My American accent and cadence changes based on who I am speaking to as well! I didn't notice until my son asked me why I was talking to an Indian man with an Indian accent. And another lady asked me why I was speaking so fast when most speak slowly here in Georgia- she was from New York. We adapt to be understood!" "I would speak English with an Indian accent when conversing with elderly Indians because that felt more natural, even though it would drive my family crazy!" commented another. "Your accent clearly shows a south Indian influence to your English," said a third user. "Wow. So you know German, Malayalam, English accent, Indian accent English. That's awesome," expressed another. "Your accent is particularly specific to Kerala. Accents in each region differ and the Kerala accent is particularly distinct," wrote one user.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
‘White girl' shares why speaking English with an Indian accent feels natural to her now
A German woman is capturing widespread attention on the internet — not just for her fluent Malayalam, but for her unique explanation of why she speaks English with a distinctly Indian accent. A viral video showed a German woman explaining why she speaks English with an Indian accent.(Instagram/keralaklara) (Also read: 'Refuses to speak Tamil or Kannada': Bengaluru man calls out neighbour's English-only parenting) The woman, identified as Klara, is a German language teacher by profession and is currently learning Malayalam. Posting under the Instagram handle @keralaklara, she recently shared a video that has since gone viral, garnering over six lakh views and numerous comments. "Why does this white girl have an Indian accent?" In the now-viral video, Klara candidly addresses a common question she receives: "Why does this white girl have an Indian accent when she speaks in English? She's not Indian." To this, Klara responds with clarity and humour: "No, I'm not Indian. I'm actually German and I should have a German accent while speaking in English. But, I'll tell you why I have an Indian accent." She elaborates, "One reason is that I only talk to Indians in English. So, obviously, you adapt to what you hear. If I only talk to Indians, I will hear the Indian accent. So, I'm going to adapt to it and I will also talk like that." She also ties it to her Malayalam studies: "The second reason is that I speak Malayalam. And while speaking Malayalam, you don't say everything in pure Malayalam. You use English words in between. And how do you pronounce those English words? In an Indian accent. Imagine I want to say, I want a fridge in Malayalam. I pronounce 'fridge' like Indian English. Now imagine I would use British English. I think that's the main reason." Take a look here at the clip: Internet responds with fascination The comments section on her video turned into a buzzing conversation. One user wrote, "Wow. So you know German, Malayalam, English accent, Indian accent English. That's awesome." Another added, "It's a Malayali accent, in fact." Others praised her grasp of regional nuances: "Your accent is particularly specific to Kerala. Accents in each region differ and the Kerala accent is particularly distinct." Another commenter shared a personal anecdote, "My fiancée is German too but she's got more of a German accent. Recently her uncle told us she's slowly developing an Indian accent — that would be my Bangalorean accent." (Also read: French man lists hilarious Indian English phrases he learned from his wife: 'It's normal only') Not everyone was serious though. One user quipped, "Okay okay, we get it, you've got Malayali friends," while another offered empathy, "I would speak English with an Indian accent when conversing with elderly Indians because that felt more natural, even though it would drive my family crazy."
Straits Times
11-06-2025
- Climate
- Straits Times
May was world's second-hottest on record, EU scientists say
FILE PHOTO: A man sits on a tangle of branches in the Sacramento River while staying cool during a heat wave in Sacramento, California, U.S. May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the Hubert Lake wildfire WWF023, which forced the evacuation of the Hubert Lake Provincial Park area west of Fawcett, Alberta, Canada in an aerial photograph May 29, 2025. Alberta Wildfire/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Klara, 20, sunbathes at Retiro Park during a hot day in Madrid, Spain, May 31, 2025. REUTERS/Ana Beltran/File Photo May was world's second-hottest on record, EU scientists say BRUSSELS - The world experienced its second-warmest May since records began this year, a month in which climate change fuelled a record-breaking heatwave in Greenland, scientists said on Wednesday. Last month was Earth's second-warmest May on record - exceeded only by May 2024 - rounding out the northern hemisphere's second-hottest March-May spring on record, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin. Global surface temperatures last month averaged 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, C3S said. That broke a run of extraordinary heat, in which 21 of the last 22 months had an average global temperature exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial times - although scientists warned this break was unlikely to last. "Whilst this may offer a brief respite for the planet, we do expect the 1.5C threshold to be exceeded again in the near future due to the continued warming of the climate system," said C3S director Carlo Buontempo. The main cause of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. Last year was the planet's hottest on record. A separate study, published by the World Weather Attribution group of climate scientists on Wednesday, found that human-caused climate change made a record-breaking heatwave in Iceland and Greenland last month about 3C hotter than it otherwise would have been - contributing to a huge additional melting of Greenland's ice sheet. "Even cold-climate countries are experiencing unprecedented temperatures," said Sarah Kew, study co-author and researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. The global threshold of 1.5C is the limit of warming which countries vowed under the Paris climate agreement to try to prevent, to avoid the worst consequences of warming. The world has not yet technically breached that target - which refers to an average global temperature of 1.5C over decades. However, some scientists have said it can no longer realistically be met, and have urged governments to cut CO2 emissions faster, to limit the overshoot and the fuelling of extreme weather. C3S's records go back to 1940, and are cross-checked with global temperature records going back to 1850. REUTERS Find out more about climate change and how it could affect you on the ST microsite here.
The Star
11-06-2025
- Science
- The Star
May was world's second-hottest on record, EU scientists say
FILE PHOTO: Klara, 20, sunbathes at Retiro Park during a hot day in Madrid, Spain, May 31, 2025. REUTERS/Ana Beltran/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The world experienced its second-warmest May since records began this year, a month in which climate change fuelled a record-breaking heatwave in Greenland, scientists said on Wednesday. Last month was Earth's second-warmest May on record - exceeded only by May 2024 - rounding out the northern hemisphere's second-hottest March-May spring on record, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin. Global surface temperatures last month averaged 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, C3S said. That broke a run of extraordinary heat, in which 21 of the last 22 months had an average global temperature exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial times - although scientists warned this break was unlikely to last. "Whilst this may offer a brief respite for the planet, we do expect the 1.5C threshold to be exceeded again in the near future due to the continued warming of the climate system," said C3S director Carlo Buontempo. The main cause of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. Last year was the planet's hottest on record. A separate study, published by the World Weather Attribution group of climate scientists on Wednesday, found that human-caused climate change made a record-breaking heatwave in Iceland and Greenland last month about 3C hotter than it otherwise would have been - contributing to a huge additional melting of Greenland's ice sheet. "Even cold-climate countries are experiencing unprecedented temperatures," said Sarah Kew, study co-author and researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. The global threshold of 1.5C is the limit of warming which countries vowed under the Paris climate agreement to try to prevent, to avoid the worst consequences of warming. The world has not yet technically breached that target - which refers to an average global temperature of 1.5C over decades. However, some scientists have said it can no longer realistically be met, and have urged governments to cut CO2 emissions faster, to limit the overshoot and the fuelling of extreme weather. C3S's records go back to 1940, and are cross-checked with global temperature records going back to 1850. (Reporting by Kate Abnett; Editing by Alex Richardson)
TimesLIVE
03-06-2025
- Health
- TimesLIVE
Soup's up: a healing brew
When I first started working together with my dear friend Bailey, there was this ever-growing list of foods I didn't eat. Soup was high on the list, the broth akin to cloudy water to me on most occasions. This was, until I sampled ramen in Tokyo a few years ago, seated in a small stall inside a basement hole in the wall. I had ordered the dish on a screen, based mainly on pictures. It gave me a most profound understanding of depth of flavour. Wow! I had so many questions. Each spoonful was more delicious than the last; a warm golden liquid to change my view of broth forever, and a quest to get to this depth of flavour. As we sipped, my friend told me their five-year-old's favourite meal was chicken ramen, giving me newfound respect for the kiddo's palate. It was his go-to meal, and especially with his daddy on his birthday. As we mm'd and aah'd in between slurps and the odd cough over a chilli, I thought of my own special broth-related moment. When I was a teen — albeit a troubled one, as my mother likes to remind me — mom bought me a book, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. The title didn't sound inspiring. I'd not grown up on chicken soup, but more on umhluzi (fat drippings and juices from cooking lamb) that we'd sip and dip bits of bread into. Still, the book was incredible and a real panacea for my wondering teenage soul. Image: I've been making broth for some time now, but Klara, a nutritional therapist based in Namibia, gave me the inside scoop on how to get the depth of flavour: roast the chicken a bit first. I mean, we brown meat for stews, so why wouldn't we for a broth? Game changer! I was sick when I made this broth last month and, trust me, the adage rings true — this is healing stuff. This broth soothes, it heals, it ends arguments even, and it brings peace to your heart and home. The past year has come with many meanderings, so treat yourself to the taste of this. You'll thank yourself. Ingredients: Whole chicken (I use free range) 3 garlic cloves — smashed, skin on 3 medium carrots, peeled and roughly chopped 1 shallot (even the green ends), roughly chopped 1 small red onion, roughly chopped 2 sticks of celery (and the leaves), roughly chopped 1 chilli, cut down the middle 1 bay leaf (I use fresh) 1 teaspoon of ground cumin ½ teaspoon cumin seeds ½ teaspoon of fennel seeds 3 tablespoons of olive oil 1 tablespoon of ghee ¼ teaspoon of turmeric ½ teaspoon of coriander seeds 1 teaspoon of yellow mustard seeds A small pinch of ground nutmeg 10 x black peppercorns 2 x tablespoons of apple cider vinegar 3 teaspoons of Himalayan salt (add more when serving) ½ teaspoon of white pepper Method: Pre-heat the oven to 210°C Rub 1 tablespoon of olive oil over the chicken and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper Place the chicken in the oven, allow the skin to brown properly and crisp up for about 40 minutes; turn it over after about 25 minutes to brown the underside When the chicken is near browning time, heat a large stock pot over low-medium heat and add all the spices and bay leaf; warm through for less than a minute Add the ghee and 1 tablespoon of olive oil, then the onion, shallot, celery, and ginger and allow to cook a little Add the carrots and stir through, then add the garlic after about 2 minutes, stirring so nothing sticks to the bottom Add the apple cider vinegar and deglaze the pan Put the browned chicken into the pot and add about 1.5 l of water to cover the chicken and veg; bring to a boil. Lower the heat, then allow the broth to cook in a rolling bowl on low heat for at least 4 hours, though I prefer 5 hours. You will see a golden broth develop and your kitchen and home will smell wholesome. When done, ladle into a bowl of your choice, shred some chicken into the bowl and add noodles if you desire — I use the buckwheat variety. Add the carrots, some coriander leaves, a squeeze of lemon and an extra sprinkle of salt and slurp up the goodness.
