Comment on What's with the 'Thanks' people?
MrNesser@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Had this and it irritates me: Hi can you do the needful thanks
Comment on What's with the 'Thanks' people?
MrNesser@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Had this and it irritates me: Hi can you do the needful thanks
adespoton@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
That’s so very Indian :)
First time I saw it, I almost replied with “but… you already did?”
MrNesser@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve always assumed it’s the indian to english translation that makes it sound condescending.
roguetrick@kbin.social 9 months ago
Oh it's not a translation. That's Indian English. It's a perfectly valid dialect. They often say things a bit more Victorian and have some influences from Hindi/urdu (which, being an Indo-European language like English, allows some of it's grammar rules to bleed over due to some baked in similarities).