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Deborah Pickett (futzle@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Mar-2022 00:11:33 UTC Deborah Pickett

Our company accountant—he’s a migrant from Sri Lanka—just asked me in an email to “do the needful”, and I don’t know if he really uses this expression or if he’s just taking the piss on the stereotype of South Asian English. It doesn’t matter either way, of course, but I’m grateful that he could give me a chuckle this morning.

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- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 31-Mar-2022 00:11:31 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
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  @futzle It is in full use in HK as well!
  
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- Deborah Pickett (futzle@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Mar-2022 00:11:32 UTC Deborah Pickett
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  (“Do the needful” is still common in Indian English; it is more commonly phrased in other Englishes as “Do what needs to be done”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English#Vocabulary)
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  1. Indian English
    
    Indian English (IE) is a group of English dialects spoken in India and among the Indian diaspora. English is used by the Indian government for communication, along with Hindi as enshrined in the Constitution. English is an official language of 7 states and 5 Union Territories and also an additional official language of 7 states and 1 Union Territory. English is also the sole official language of the Judiciary of India, unless a state governor or legislature mandates the use of a regional language, or the president has given approval for the use of regional languages in courts. Status After gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, English remained an official language of the new Dominion of India and later the Republic of India. Only a few hundred thousand Indians, or less than 0.1% of the total population, spoke English as their first language.According to the 2001 Census, 12.18% of Indians knew English at that time. Of those, approximately 200,000 reported that it was their first language, 86 million reported that it was their second, and 39 million reported that it was their...
- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 31-Mar-2022 00:14:29 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
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  @futzle We also "double-confirm" things, "chop" our documents with a rubber stamp (a "chop"), sometimes "revert" with a response and pay things at the "shroff".
  
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- Deborah Pickett (futzle@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Mar-2022 07:15:21 UTC Deborah Pickett
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  @clacke International Englishes are awesome in their diversity.
  
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