India: Bad pronunciation mars beauty of spoken language

RKanpur: Concern and consent are different words with varied meanings but to our surprise, the students of a posh school are using it for a similar meaning.

When the schools begin offline classes with a strict rule of the mask, sanitiser and separate water bottle, the consent letter by the parents became a matter of utmost significance. It was first accepted on the format issued by the school staff. Later the students were told to bring a handwritten consent letter signed by the parents.

The problem of pronunciation started here. Most of the students were overheard saying a concern letter. Even they have found writing it in their respective messages.

Correct pronunciation was a practice but it is not taken now strictly, as it appears by the subject teacher pronouncing the name of Farrukhsiyar as Farrukhsiyaar.

The language used to be a part of grammar but students seem to be losing their grasp on the grammatical niceties, though Sanskrit remains to correct their pronunciation as a subject.