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Heard this phrase growing up in Ireland also so I think you may be over generalising. A quick search shows Irish origins actually.
by anotherhue 5y ago
Heard this phrase growing up in Ireland also so I think you may be over generalising. A quick search shows Irish origins actually.
- sumedh 5y ago> A quick search shows Irish origins actually. I thought the British gave that phrase during colonial times.
- brk 5y agoVery interesting, thanks. I have some Irish friends and we've both commented to each other that it seemed to be somewhat unique to Indian English speakers, makes me wonder more about it. And in a sense, yes, I was intending to over-generalize a bit, I think that for various languages that used broadly in different geographies, certain words and phrases tend to pop up locally that are often not widely used outside of that region. This is just from observations I have made traveling globally and working with global teams for 20+ years. I mentioned "do the needful" as it popped into my head from the parent comment about Indian English.