*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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OmenAtom@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What is “the needful sir”
mako@lemmy.today 10 months ago
Tum@lemmy.world 10 months ago
it’s a quite common phrase in indo-english, “please do the needful” which means like, please do whatever is necessary.
Dadifer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I swear, I always feel like someone is asking me to use the bathroom.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
But what does he mean by this? I have not done the needful sir? What is he referring to?
MycelialMass@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sex
FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
He hasn’t thought it it through?