Indians assimilated cricket" or "Carter assimilated Muslim religion

[tufguy]

Can we say "Indians assimilated cricket" or "Carter assimilated Muslim religion"?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. I don't even know what you're trying to say.

 

[Skrej]

I don't understand the connections between Indians and cricket, versus Carter (whomever that is) and Islam.

 

[tufguy]

No. I don't even know what you're trying to say.

Cricket is an English game. It wasn't India's own game but India has made it its own. Now it seems that cricket has always been played in India. Indians have developed that oneness for it. They adapt it in such a way they that it doesn't seem that it was the game of some other country.

I wanted to say Carter became a Muslim. He adapted Muslim religion.

 

[emsr2d2]

Carter didn't "adapt" anything. At a push, you could say he "adopted Islam/the Islamic faith". However, the phrase you're looking for is "Carter converted to Islam".

You could use "adopt" for your example about India and cricket. "India adopted cricket and made it its own".

 

[Lynxear]

I would not use the word "assimilated" in either of those examples. Assimilated means sort of reluctantly being part of something. I think Indians are as obsessed about cricket as much as Canadians are obsessed about hockey.

I might use the word "embraced" for either example. It means in this context that not only was the object adopted, but also that the object was adopted with enthusiasm.

"Indians embraced cricket"

"Carter embraced the Muslim religion (faith)"

 

[tufguy]

I would not use the word "assimilated" in either of those examples. Assimilated means sort of reluctantly being part of something. I think Indians are as obsessed about cricket as much as Canadians are obsessed about hockey.

I might use the word "embraced" for either example. It means in this context that not only was the object adopted, but also that the object was adopted with enthusiasm.

"Indians embraced cricket"

"Carter embraced the Muslim religion (faith)"

Can I say "Indians embraced cricket as if it was their own game" and "Carter embraced the Muslim religion as if he had always been a Muslim"?