What’s So Funny About The Indian Accent?

What’s So Funny About The Indian Accent?

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From Apu to Ashton Kutcher, mimicking the Indian accent is still widely seen as fair game. Even lots of ABCD’s — American-born confused desis — do it. But is it out of love, or mockery? Code Switch’s Tasneem Raja talks to Indians with and without accents on what “Thank you, come again” means to them.