Comment on Anon has second thoughts about marriage

OmenAtom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• Tum@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  it’s a quite common phrase in indo-english, “please do the needful” which means like, please do whatever is necessary.

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  • Dadifer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I swear, I always feel like someone is asking me to use the bathroom.

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  • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    But what does he mean by this? I have not done the needful sir? What is he referring to?

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    • MycelialMass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Sex

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    • FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      He hasn’t thought it it through?

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• mako@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  *Please do the needful" is how some people from India have ended work emails. The intended meaning is often lost in translation.

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