Why do Indian people always..

Come on guys, i dont see what's all the fuss..

What you need to understand is English is not their first language..

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Well, indians do not only stop with Dear, there are some other words with which i was embarrassed.
 
you forgot chaos and murder and who is the best liar ohh sorry that's politics

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Sorry to say it but the english language has something to do with respect and human rights.Today the western countries forgat about it since its cooler to say stupid words and everyone is trying to be the coolest.Even watching movies from bollywood and from hollywood you will see instantly the diffrences.Indian movies are about love,liberty,respect to each person,humanity and community.American movies are basicly about money,power,being cool,bad language and being a hero on his own (community is a foreign language there).

So asking indian why do they all say dear and sir i would rather ask why all americans are using a primitiv language as thats not your motherlanguage.Its only showing disrepect to other people and your community.

Think about that



wrong you watched to much movies
 
Even watching movies from bollywood and from hollywood you will see instantly the diffrences.Indian movies are about love,liberty,respect to each person,humanity and community.American movies are basicly about money,power,being cool,bad language and being a hero on his own (community is a foreign language there).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAd9uSs9vIA

@unknownn, you're right. Here is a great hindi movie!! You'll need subtitles of course:)
 
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They never say dear here in India. I think they are trying to copy the western culture and they think that dear is appropriate. Its just their way of trying extra hard and being polite, maybe they hear that on TV and didn't get the context right.
 
say 'Dear' to me? I swear, every Indian freelancer I get... They call me dear.. ? Is that like an appropriate thing to do?

I.E. "We wil finish it on time dear", "thank you dear"

i guess you have a very very sexy avatar in your freelance profile.
 
They are taught that dear is a very respectful thing to say to someone, and it very well is. But they are not taught in what context it is supposed to be used though.
 
I believe we say "dear" just to make the other person comfortable in front of us and "Sir" is used to show respect but I know its not at all professional in IM at least...
 
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I agree with Napster .. Using the word "Dear" after the sentence is like GAY ..
Hello Sir .. Dear Mark .. is acceptable ..

Being an Indian, I have never said anything like "Thank you dear" .. WTF ..

Its mainly used by newbies, I guess ..
 
I agree with Napster .. Using the word "Dear" after the sentence is like GAY ..
Hello Sir .. Dear Mark .. is acceptable ..

Being an Indian, I have never said anything like "Thank you dear" .. WTF ..

Its mainly used by newbies, I guess ..


"Hello Sir" sounds ok to me but "Dear Mark" sounds weird IMO.(no offence)
I mean, is like you were writing a letter to Santa Claus.

I think the word "dear" has nothing to do in a professional business letter.
 
"Hello Sir" sounds ok to me but "Dear Mark" sounds weird IMO.(no offence)
I mean, is like you were writing a letter to Santa Claus.

I think the word "dear" has nothing to do in a professional business letter.

In our country, students are taught to use "Dear" (like Dear Mark) to begin the letter/email. It's really normal.

"dear" after the sentence (like thank you, dear) really sound weird.
 
Civilization, Education, Manners, Respect.

Its not like the word Darling, sweetheart etc. Indians basically do not use it for their moms, Grand mom, sister or wife etc... It's basically a business convention....

Like wen we write a business letter, even if we don't like the person/or we do not know him.
even Though for someone we have never met and to whom we definitely do not belong.

So dear is just respect for known or unknown persons. There is nothing wrong in that.

OP Really do you have problem in that if some one call you "Dear OR Sir" ?

I believe its just respect you are getting from your clients. Are you really not deserve that ? are you not respectable ? If yes then just say them not to use DEAR/Sir word for you. Thats it.

P.S: They use to call you Dear OR Sir Bcoz of Business Convention Not to impress you for Date and all. gay-ism not so popular in India :D
 
Haha, I think it's nice, like they're being extra friendly. It does remind me somewhat of scam emails from Africa, but I think it's just a quirk some people have.
 
Indians are very respectful people. I have several close Indian friends, and they are some of the kindest people I've ever met. I've never been to India, but from the sounds of it, respect is a HUGE part of their culture. Makes sense why they call us dear/sir. But for the record, my Indian friends don't call me dear or sir :p
 
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Lord Macaulay's address to the British Parliament on 2 February, 1835.

" I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a Beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high Moral values, people of such caliber, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this Nation,which is her spritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their selfesteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated Nation."


So its just an awful mixture of Indian n western culture,resulted in nothing.Respect is an integrated part of Indian culture and actually in local languages they sound sweet.People calling their clients "Dear" are noobs trying not to loose business from the west.But they don't know what works on internet and what doesn't. I'm from India,never used dear or even sir to a western guy.But once I come to know that the client is aged,I don't hesitate to start a convo with "Hello Sir".I NEVER over do it.

They just try to mix up Indian culture with English Language without knowing the fact that they CAN'T. Many of you guys won't be aware of the fact that we,in the Indian Subcontinent,use different "You" for elder n younger.I hardly find any point of respect in English language,anything which can differentiate the convo,anything which can tell you that whether I'm addressing to someone elder/superior or someone younger.In India,you can easily guess it by the words used and the way of talking.I'm not saying English language is bad just because of this,coz they have their own culture,we have our own.We can't impose our culture on their language and they can't impose the same on Indian language.East and west have two really different cultures.So this should clear up the story I think.And yes many of you guys know I'm from India,I'm not a freelancer,I don't call anyone sir/dear,I'm not a scammer,m not desperate to make money.So the point is,you can't generalize anything just because you have selected some shitty noobs to do your work.You just try to find the cheapest available worker,ignoring the quality.And end up having a frustrating deal.Spend some money of your a$$ and you'll get the best work from India.English is not our first language and we are happy with other 1k languages we have,at least we have a second language,I'm not sure how many "Developed" countries are having any second language.Our political n educational system sucks in this case,that is why people are getting crazy for western culture,ignoring what IBM said years ago that "Sanskrit" (oldest language of India n probably the world) is the best language for computer programming.Not sure how much time you guys would have taken to learn a 2nd language.

There are just two kind of people on internet,SUCKERS and IM'ers,its your choice whom you want to deal with.No third type is there,no Indian,no American,no African nothing.If you are dealing with SUCKERS just to save your $$s,you have no right to talk shit about them,it was your choice.You fell in a bait.
 
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