Language in this part of the world is fascinating, and I can say that without reserve.
The English language came to stay so many decades ago, but didn't develop in parallel with the colonizing country even though they stayed in charge.
You'll still find fragments of antique English in use today; people "alight" from taxis (and don't understand when you ask to "get off" or "get out"). Formal letters continue to "hereby" declare, submit, and request. My "good office" is "implored" to "do the needful." People ask, "Will you keep long?" when they want to know if you'll be quick doing an errand. And as for conditional sentences, more than once I've been asked, "If you were to be" a so-and-so, "supposing you did" something, and all sorts of constructions much more complexicated than the American "if" that passes in every situation nowadays.
Just a quick post to let you know I'm still going. More is happening in my cooking blog.... by which I mean, I post there at least every two or three weeks...
