considering reasons for the trend among young Hindi speakers to create abbreviated adaptations of English words, for example, funda(fundamental), despo (desperate), enthu (enthusiastic), comparing with the use of abbreviations such as ‘arvo’, ‘brekkie’, ‘footie’, ‘barbie’ in Australian English
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