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Some of the English words and phrases used in India for official use or even by some old people have either disappeared or decreased in usage in the UK and it h
by blntechie 6y ago
Some of the English words and phrases used in India for official use or even by some old people have either disappeared or decreased in usage in the UK and it has been only 70 years.
- zdkl 6y agoI would love to read some examples of this please!
- improbable22 6y ago"Do the needful at the earliest" is the poster-child, but I'm struggling to find a great list to link. The effective divergence time is much longer than since 1947 -- I believe that around 1900 people in England thought their cousins in India a generation behind in dress & everyday speech. And formal bureaucratic terms were already ossified, another classic is "out of station" (as in, out of town, away from the office) which IIRC is from east-india company days.
- blntechie 6y agoFew words/phrases I can think of - Hill station (Hill town) - Out of station (Out of town - other commenter mentioned this too) - Tiffin (breakfast food or snack) - Supper (for dinner) - redress (resolve) - revert (respond) - Ta ta (Bye) - Yours faithfully/respectfully when signing off letters - Sir/Madam (widely used for elders and people of higher status or generally to everyone as a way of respect) - Mentioning Honourable etc. before names of judges, bureaucrats etc. I’m sure there are plenty more but can’t immediately recall. If I read an official letter from a government agency, I could quote more.