Are you using these common English words incorrectly? Shashi Tharoor on Indian English 

The first Indian who gets irritated when Americans make English mistakes 😂😎 Legend.

Me: i understand english well Shashi tharoor: *the pet peeves are really pedantic ones*

It takes courage and confidence to speak in English with Mr. Tharoor😂

The interviewer has guts to interview tharoor in english, if I would hv been there, i would forget whatever basic english I hv learnt throughout my life

He can even teach English to English people 😂😂

After every Shashi Tharoor video I learn more English words than I ever could with my academic books so far. Internet indeed is a boon.

"Don't mug up the Dictionaries instead when you dont know a meaning of a word, instead read more books and eventually you find those meanings." - That line at the end was deep -

I like how he said that, "not only in India but mistakes are made everywhere".

Most people get impressed by his range of vocabulary. His eloquence is more impressive . His ability to translate ideas into clean sentences on-the-fly, and speak each word legibly all the time is underrated. Must be an incredibly intelligent man, he finished PhD at 22, when most people just finish bachelor's

The only politician which gets interviewed about his grammar

Listening to him, makes me feel like i'm illiterate

I seriously love the way Shashi Tharoor speaks English. It has that air of confidence and authenticity around it. Seriously, would love to speak English like him one day.

If I had a teacher like him I would definitely crack IELTS, GRE, TOEFL exams😜

I gained more knowledge here than my entire schooling.

There is no such thing as 'American English'. There is English. And there are mistakes. - Queen Elizabeth, Great Britain.

I like how the anchor tries to say “Indians” (sounds like a derogatory) but Shashi Tharoor on the other side keeps saying it’s not just Indian but it’s a global problem. I think that’s exactly why Shashi Tharoor is getting interviewed and that guy is still interviewing people!

When you realize, caption and subtitles match 100%.

I want this man as my English teacher.

✍Presently : "Soon" ✅ not "now" ❌ 👌Example: I'll be there presently. ✅ 👌Example : I'm doing this presently. ❌(makes no sense ) ✍Momentarily : For a moment ✅ not in a moment ❌ 👌Example: The pilot says: "We will be airborne( aircraft is about to take off) momentarily". The pilot here is using it as "in a moment". ✍"Importantly" ❌ is the wrong word(an unnecessary addition) as important is itself an adverb 👌Example: Most important I believe in...….. ✍Superfluous : Unnecessary ✍Pedantic : excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous 👌Example: Shashi Tharoor is pedantic about English. ✍Revert : To return to a previous state 👌Example: Ice reverts to water when it melts. ✍Reluctant : Describe someone who is hesitant to do something 👌Example: She was reluctant to go on the roller coaster ride. 🚫Reticent is used to describe someone who is hesitant to speak or share information OR reluctant to speak 👌Example: He was reticent about his personal life and rarely talked about it with others.✅ 👌Example: He was reticent to take 10 steps forward. ❌(Wrong) ✍Some common improper pronunciations 3:19 🚫Pronunciation : "Pro-nun-ciation" ✅ not "Pro-noun-ciation" ❌ 3:37 🚫Asthma : "A-z-m-a" ✅ not "As-tha-ma" ❌ 3:45 🚫Epitome : "Uh-pi-tuh-mee(Upitumey)" ✅not "Epi-tome" ❌ 3:50 🚫Hyperbole : "Hyper-buh-lee(Hyperbulley)" ✅ not "hyper-bole" ❌ 3:59 🚫Plumber : "Plummer ✅" not "plum-ber" ❌

Never saw such English and accent in the whole world. True gem 💎

This small session corrected lot of my English …. I think all we need is these kind of sessions from Shashi Tharoor to refine the language skills

He makes me want to go back to school and get a degree in English literature. Thanks for the inspiration.

When death strikes, grammar doesn't save us but the language of heart can.

"the pet peeves are pedantic ones",, hats off to you sir.

You should also make an episode on " Shashi Tharoor on common mistakes people make when impressing women. "

That was exactly my point when my sister had problem understanding new words while reading. I tell her read more books and when you see the same word repeat frequently, you automatically get the meaning of it. You always don't have to search the meaning of every single word you didn't understand. Just make out the meaning of that particular sentence and after a while you get an idea of what that word means.

Love that He tends to learn, So humble😇.

There is an old sitcom "Mind your language". Like that story , if anyone would write a script for him as a english teacher teaching english to international students it would be fun to watch.

bas ab 0:33 pe "pedantic" aagya and i have to open the dictionary 😂😂

I have an English exam in a few days😅

1:41, Important is an adjective and importantly is an adverb.

Ahhhhh!!! Thanks BRUT for this video. It never ceases to amaze me how Mr. Tharoor makes English seem so simple. Forever his ardent fan 😊😊

Never understood why "Plumber" is pronounced as "Plummer". Why the hell it has "B" in it then? Or why "A-z-m-a" for "Asthama". So many words like that. Why can't the way it is written should be the way it is pronounced. Weird English! 😑

Remember, language is a game of numbers...if want to call sex as fax and you got millions of people calling it fax then fax it is... nobody's father's father can call you wrong 😅

everytime i listen to him or read his articles.. i find english soo cool..its nothing like the english they made us learn in school

As an English literature student, I consider 'important' an adjective and 'importantly' can be used as an 'adverb'.

The last part of video where he says that language is a medium to communicate. No matter how you use it

The last sentence sort of nailed it.. "Read more books. Don't mug up dictionaries". One would understand a word when used in a specific context, which books do it better.

Really very informative,sir. I feel improved upon after watching this short video, by the way, i am a great fan of him and his English, I learnt and improved my english to a great deal by watching his speeches on RU-vid.... Thank you so much.... 🙏

I am poor in English but after listening him ...yes now I speak in English ...He is a great Inspiration for us ... Thank you Sir

i love listening to this man. my respect and love🙏❤️

Lord Shashi can get an IELTS score of 10 'momentarily'.

I became fan of his voice.. Man, how he speaks so beautifully 💕

Ok here's what i have to say about pronunciation, we all speak different languages and we all have different accents!and, when it comes to accents,accents are more or less like fingerprints, each unique to the other. So,according to me every community, every nation has different accents and because of that there is always an unique of pronouncing an English word,and the way how you speak totally depends on the language or accent you were most exposed to. We are taught British English while growing up(in school,colleges) but at the same time,we also get accustomed with the American English.So,for me either everything is correct or nothing is.......

I totally get it and have been pronouncing the way you spoke. My question is why people are blamed and tagged as confused. If Queen does not wish to pronounce certain letters in a word and call it a posh accent, it’s not our fault. Letter B is pronounced as ब so why people ought to pronounce it as Plummer and not Plumber. There are so many examples in English language of such kind. God Save the Queen! 😅

'Presently' does mean both ' now' and 'after a short time', depending on context, according to the Oxford Languages. Important is an adjective. 'Importantly' is an adverb and is sometimes even used for emphasis.

The way he talks about common english mistakes and not blaming mistakes of indians even though the interviewer tries to.Hats off to you sir 🙌

Always a fan,can listen to him endlessly

Shashi must start giving English classes . On youtube

"If you come across words in book, you don't know, read more book. You will find out what they mean. Don't mug up dictionaries." This is exactly what people need to understand. One's vocabulary isn't improved by learning meaning of words by heart but by seeing those words in action.

Timestamps for Mr. Tharoor's errors⛑ My semantic pet peeves in Mr. Tharoor's sentences (An Indian here, no English expert I must add, and it's a RU-vid comment, so please excuse the brevity 😌): 0:00 "the English language" is redundant. Just say "English" as its obvious it's a language in the context of usage. 0:03 "wrongly" is incorrect usage. A common error. Check the definition. Use "incorrectly". 0:04 "will become" :inconsistent tenses. Previous sentence was in past tense. This sentence is in future tense. Say "that becomes accepted usage". 0:09 "a bit" inconsistent context/redundant (You agreed to a discussion on English after all) 0:11 "Too many" when no stats to back the claim, it should be avoided. Use "Often". 0:17 "mugging up" redundant. Just use "mugging" Also it's informal. 0:17 "dictionaries" As only one language (English) is being discussed, use in singular: "dictionary". 0:35 "pedantic" is an insulting word..was that the intent of usage or "semantic"? 0:36 "which I ought to.." old verbose English..Use "which I must.." 0:37 "outgrow" incorrect usage as he meant he wanted to come out of a habit. Check the definition. 0:39 "very common" redundant. The word 'Very' is often used to signify a higher degree. Common already has that concept. Just use "common" 0:42 "Presently" It's acceptable usage now. No need to correct the staff. The word can be used in both contexts. 0:50 "I will be there presently" is dated/archaic usage..people use modern phrases now "shortly", "in a jiffy" "be right there" 0:56 That's not true. As mentioned above, it is acceptable usage, unless Merriam-Webster needs to be chucked in the bin. What? That's less than a minute of the discussion..my fingers are tired already😥..shall I continue? 🥶

He came across as a warm person and not snooty at all. His statement that Indians should stop getting intimidated by the language - 👌👌

You should make more educational video like this.

I totally agree with Shashi Sir that people in India get intimidated by English when they should enjoy speaking and learning english that's how I learned it. Rather than mugging dictionaries or "Ratta Marna" people should imagine things they wanna say, they wanna express in English and eventually you'll get the idea or thought across to the other party. And using heavy words isn't necessary as long as you're comfortable with the language and able to express yourself and convey what you thought in your mind. Also to point out some mistakes that Indians tend to make most of the times is writing or speaking words like "Firstly, Secondly" and so on which are wrong in the first place you just say or write "First or Second" as it is for example... instead of writing "Firstly you got the message wrong and secondly...." you should write/say.... "First, you got the wrong message and second...". Also just like Plumber is pronounced as "Plum-mer".... Dumber is pronounced as "Dum-mer" not "Dum-Ber" or the word "Bury" or "Burial" is pronounced somewhat closer to how you pronounce "Berry" but without stressing the "Ae".

Very impressive and enlightening discourse Sir

Interesting. Its always a pleasure to listen to Shashi Tharoor.

Revert was one word I always had a doubt about coz of the meaning and I always wondered why people used that word in official emails where they meant to say I'll respond to you on this...I always used the word respond in my emails coz knowing the meaning I felt way too uncomfortable using it for something I want to say and it meant something else..... 😁 Thank you so much for that correction...

Tharoorji... Simply fantastic.... I wish you were my English teacher.

Genious person Shashi ji is the master of English masters 👍

It is always a delight to listen to Shashi Tharoor.

when you don't regret keeping him as your inspiration, gosh!!! i am not stunned.

when his cook speaks better than CBSE English teachers. me*- I'm not surprised.

Thank you so much sir for clarification 😊

True will like to learn gerunds and past participles❤❤🎉🎉 also very is used a lot

Even if he knows more English than any British/American person yet he confesses clearly about how Indians are intimidated by English...he knows the reality about Indians trying to make themselves better in English by learning tough words

Wait until Shashi Bro realises English grows by adding words over time.

Aaah the pedantic in me is in a blissful state after this. Thank youuuuu. Love from Sri Lanka ❤️ 🇱🇰

Thanks Brut India for having for us an English to English translator, so we could listen to Tharoor Sir

This man is India's living Oxford University 😂❤️🔥

0:04 Social media in a nutshell:

It is a pleasure listening to Shashi Toor. Wonderful Orator!!! I am wondering if "To Revert " in some cases could mean going back to doing the act you were doing or returning to do the act one was doing. For example, if you are responding to an email/note/ text etc and you want to let the reader/listener know you will respond shortly with the requested details it should be ok to say " I shall revert" - as in - will return to doing the act of responding as I am currently doing. Perhaps I am wrong. But it was good to know this nevertheless.

This voice and the way he speaks in one of a kind

My 8th standard teacher told us that, if a tire is flat due to a hole in it, we Indians call it Punture, but the actual word is "PUNCTURE" and no that C is not silent 😶😀

I am an English teacher myself, yet I find so many things to be completely new. 😂

A perfect English teacher.

Good conversation to listen to.

Ok now I can score 40/40 on my 12 English exam

I love Shashi Tharoor but I’m shocked at the things he got wrong. ‘Presently’ has two senses: ‘now’ and ‘soon’. Then, ‘important’ is not an adverb, as he says: it is an adjective, for which reason it’s perfectly alright to say ‘importantly’ because THAT is an adverb. What this shows is you can have a nearly flawless command of a language and still get some very basic things wrong.

Shashi sb is a big scholar. I admire his eloquence and knowledge.

Correction: Importantly is an Adverb while Important is and Adjective

He can even make a man uncomfortable who is taking his IELTS 😂😂😂 Now I am doubting my English 😂😂😂

Shashi Tharoor could have pushed back on the premise of the video: speaking English the way a Pucca Sahib would is somehow a worthwhile endeavor. For far too long we Indians, especially those of the elite middle class, have been fixated with getting pronunciation and usage right. English long ago became an Indian language, a separate creole with its own idiosyncrasies and peculiarities and it's time we made our peace with it.

Excellent prog. a mother tounge.. speaker.. I enjoyed this very much

I always learn something new whenever I listen to him. He speaks British English better than most English speakers.

3:58 lekin plummer to grandpa max the na

this 6:00 min bit added more correct words to my vocabulary than my entire school education did. and that too without any humiliation

Sashi sir, please make a complete course of English for those who suffer in English speaking

What a prodigious colloquy🙌🙌

It is really hard to understand about this language "buzz". Language was developed for communication. I say "I am hungry, give me food" or I say "I hungry, give food". Both will communicate the same thing. Hindi devloped from Sanskrit and now we are using fusion of Hindi and English, 'Hinglish'. Language will stop transforming if we force a very strict grammer.

I watch tharoor sir to learn vocab for my ssc exams 🫣😄

Given.message. or.human.History.well.done.

"you are the English teacher of the nation unofficially"exactly sooo

We all should be more concerned with the existing problems rather than how we sound or how accurately do we deemed it's correct🤣😁🤫

Can we all please stop being impressed by big words thrown around for effect? Shashi Tharoor is the perfect example of what to avoid when you want to communicate with clarity, conciseness, and confidence.

The most important one is this , Tharoor I am you and English speaking style. Thank you

His last comment in the video is so true. So many people get intimidated by the English language. And some don't even bother putting up the extra efforts to actually read

That’s way I respect him a lot

This problem is because pronunciation in Indian languages makes a lot more sense than it does in English. Like if there is no need for silent letters, then why the hell do you use them in the first place? I feel that the Americans just made English a bit more sensible.

Well said.." Dont mug up dictionary ". I have seen many kids, some have been interviewed in tv for using long english words and mugging up the whole dictionary ". Words are used for good and simple communation... I dont know y people think using words which are not very commonly used makes them so unique..

Pet peeve 2. Pedantic 3. Outgrow * 4. Reticent 5. Enunciation 6.epitome 7. Eliding