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Originally posted by Jog On View PostI just had an email asking me to do this -
Originally posted by kandr View PostThere must a School in Bobistan that teaches English to the majority of IT bobs that is under the impression that is a valid use of English.Comment
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Language is constantly evolving. There is no "right" or "wrong" only "currently accepted".
"Do the needful" seems to me a useful phrase that is really only our Indian cousins version of "Make it so".Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by Jog On View PostI just had an email asking me to do this
BTW, it's not just Bobs that use this. It's become common 'trendy' parlance amongst 40-something middle managers.
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Wouldn't Bob S say, "Be pleased to undertaking the needful doings"?
It is so hard to write like that.How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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Originally posted by Jog On View PostI just had an email asking me to do thisComment
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"Do the needful" is an expression, now archaic or used humorously except in South Asian English (Pakistani, Indian and Sri Lankan), which means "do that which is requisite or necessary". Although sometimes parodied as a staple of contemporary South Asian English, the expression was current in both British[1] and American English[2] well into the early 20th century.
The Oxford English Dictionary lists examples of usage from 1709 (Richard Steele in the Tatler), 1771 (Samuel Foote in Maid of Bath), 1821 (Maria Edgeworth in a letter), 1831 (Walter Scott in his journal), 1929 (I. Colvin in his Life of Dyer), and 1992 (Jeff Torrington in Swing Hammer Swing!), the last likely used humorously.[1]
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostHas anyone ever found anything that isn't on Wiki?
How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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