I'm not sure how accurate StatCounter is, given that most Linux users use adblockers. However, according to it, Linux has almost a 14% desktop share in India.
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I hope no one gets offended, but is there anyone who can explain why the indians say "Sir" like that? I mean, it’s so characteristic, I don’t criticize it, I’m just genuinely curious.
It's due to the nature of social interactions in India (more broadly, South Asia).
In most of our native languages, we don't directly address someone by their name, unless we've been acquainted before (sometimes even after, if it was just a formal acquaintance). We add a little something for politeness and respect. So it's always 'firstname'-ji or 'lastname'-ji, for example, in Hindi.
Since there isn't a direct carry over for this in English, people adopted sir or ma'am as replacement.
That's more or less it. It's about respect when interacting with someone else.
You'll notice that people who have been brought up in or are more familiar with western culture don't really do this.
EDIT: Unless ofcourse, your question was regarding the accent. In that case, most south asian written scripts lack certain soft tonal pronunciations of English alphabets, so most conversions result in hard sounding words, due to which you get the characteristic Indian (or again, more accurately, South Asian) accent.
Indians push these self-aggrandizing lies everywhere on the internet, from reddit, youtube, to quora and facebook. And with their population propping up these posts you have to take everything with a bucket of salt.
The top post is saying people don't pirate Windows there because it's illegal, like what??? go to any piracy based forums, telegram channels, and groups, it's full of them.
I don't buy the piracy thing either but your proof is bad because there are so many Indians that they will always overwhelm in sheer numbers even if it's a small percentage of the whole population
For those who know a bit of Japanese, its similar to the honorifics system in that language as it stands now. The origins have been discussed by others (class system by the British and all), but this is how it is currently used, at least in my experience.