I’ve always assumed it’s the indian to english translation that makes it sound condescending.
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adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 months agoThat’s so very Indian :)
First time I saw it, I almost replied with “but… you already did?”
MrNesser@lemmy.world 5 months ago
roguetrick@kbin.social 5 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).
thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 5 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.
eezeebee@lemmy.ca 5 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”
thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 5 months ago
Oh yeah lol that too