Elderly woman flaunts her english speaking skills, takes internet by storm [Watch]
A recent video of an old Kashmiri woman showing off her newly acquired english speaking skills have taken the internet by storm.
The 36-second clip, which was initially shared on Twitter by one Syed Sleet Shah, has found its way to other social media platforms such as Whatsapp and Facebook as well.
The young man seen in the video names some fruit, vegetables and animals in Kashmiri and asks the woman, dressed in traditional attire and easily looks to be in her 80s, to identify them in English.
Albeit she speaks haltingly the first time while identifying 'cat', she then makes up for it by pronouncing the animal as 'kyaet', and her overbearing Kashmiri pronunciation seems to have won several hearts.
Here's the video:
The circle of life ! 💜
— Syed Sleet Shah (@Sleet_Shah) February 14, 2022
They taught us how to talk when we were babies and how the turntables ! What is even more wholesome is that learning is a consistent process in life ! 💫 pic.twitter.com/NxQ7EHjAwZ
Furthermore, the old lady goes on to identify onion, apple, garlic and dog in a distinctive accent, and the video has gone viral on social media.
Although the location of the woman is unknown, the accent of the man recording the video indicates that they belong to a remote district of Jammu and Kashmir. Many Twitter users responded with kind comments on the post.
"The fluency of Kashmiris in English - even of people in their 80s is always impressive - ia (is) it because the languages have a mother root?" a users wrote.
First published: 15 February 2022, 12:28 IST
