Why do British Sikhs write "pen ji" instead of "bhan ji" and "pend" instead of "pind", etc.

[Singh1989]

8 hours ago, 5aaban said:

It’s a diaspora thing. 

 

10 hours ago, dallysingh101 said:

I think many british raised apnay REALLY struggle to pronounce ਭ and turn it into a ਪ. I definitely do. 

Or is it a Malwai thing?

I noticed as well (growing up) the norm was to use the sound (phoneme) associated with ਫ਼ instead of properly pronouncing the aspirated ਫ.      

 

 

No matter how much u learned, folks from Punjab will NEVER hear ਭ but ਪ when foreigners pronounce it. ਫ is sometimes light .ਫ, sometimes hard. 

[NaamTiharoJoJape]

 

11 hours ago, dallysingh101 said:

I think many british raised apnay REALLY struggle to pronounce ਭ and turn it into a ਪ. I definitely do. 

Or is it a Malwai thing?

I noticed as well (growing up) the norm was to use the sound (phoneme) associated with ਫ਼ instead of properly pronouncing the aspirated ਫ.      

 

 

my ਭ sounds like a ਬ sometimes