Comment on What's with the 'Thanks' people?

MrNesser@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s so very Indian :)

  First time I saw it, I almost replied with “but… you already did?”

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  • thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “do the needful” feels like you’re being asked to step up and honor your responsibilities. BE A MAN. PAY THE BILLS. DO THE NEEDFUL.

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    • eezeebee@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I always got a bit of “it’s totally not my problem so I’m not even going to tell you what needs to be done - figure it out yourself”

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      • thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh yeah lol that too

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  • MrNesser@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve always assumed it’s the indian to english translation that makes it sound condescending.

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    • roguetrick@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨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).

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