Do not be apologetic, when you want to introduce your own Indian words into English. Because, a language (especially English) transforms itself, with the patterns of usage by its speakers. When 23 Crores of People, speak a word in the same context, it has to be that.
That is how, many acronyms have become standards in English. Read on the statistics, about patterns of English Speaking Nations.
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There are 251,388,301 English speakers in the United States, and India on the other hand has 232,000,000. Although a vast majority of those who speak English in India speak it as a second language or a third.
The number (232 Million) is nearly four times the number of English speakers in the United Kingdom. U.K is ranked 4th with 59.6 Million English speakers, behind US, India and Nigeria.
The rest of the top 10 in order are:
#5 Philippines
#6 Germany
#7 Canada
#8 France
#9 Australia
#10 tie between Italy and Pakistan
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