Which of the following is the most accurate description of Butler English ?
Butler English is a minimal pidgin associated with domestic service in the colonial Madras Presidency. The other options overgeneralise it to all Commonwealth servants,…
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Which of the following is the most accurate description of Butler English ?
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Butler English is a minimal pidgin associated with domestic service in the colonial Madras Presidency. The other options overgeneralise it to all Commonwealth servants, confuse it with Anglo-Indian descendants’ speech, or relocate this South Indian variety to Europe.
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