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GanjalfTheVirescent t1_j1mjqcv wrote

Good callout. Also I could tell by your use of "doubt" instead of "question" that you're a fellow Indian :)

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fbluntson t1_j1mmgtm wrote

What's up with that? Noticed this in college.

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imnotbovvered t1_j1mn15l wrote

Actually, there’s no particular reason for it. It’s just something particular to the dialect of Indian English.

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H2OZdrone t1_j1njsqd wrote

Colombian wife who works a lot with Mexicans and has me proofread; they use “doubts” rather than “questions” as well. Occasionally “Kindly” rather than the expected “please”

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pollenhuffer69 t1_j1ol429 wrote

My grandparents and dad used to use that phrase too. But not remotely Indian! I love it - might resurrect it. Thanks for the reminder!

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pseudocultist t1_j1ooiao wrote

I have tried using 'kindly' as I love bringing weird turns of phrase back. But people do not seem to hear it warmly, rather some people bristle. I think its usage tends to denote some sarcastic exasperation. "Kindly be quiet!" Sort of curt and bitchy. The best I can get is with "thank you kindly" which most people seem to receive well.

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pollenhuffer69 t1_j1ooqvd wrote

Kindly unhand me, sir! Good day to you, sir; I say, good day!

I use ‘thank you, kindly’ a lot.

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Alaira314 t1_j1p5kjj wrote

"Do the needful" is such a useful phrase. I don't use it because I don't want to be mistaken for mocking(which I've definitely seen happen, with that phrase specifically...there's unfortunately a lot of animosity toward Indian outsourcing in the tech industry), but it's such a concise way to communicate "do whatever thing has to be done to make this work right."

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fbluntson t1_j1no9wf wrote

I find this stuff so interesting, it's not "wrong" it's just noticeable. A lot of my Easter European professors in college would use "famous" to mean "aforementioned", which actually kinda works!

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ulyssesjack t1_j1osyw2 wrote

Stop, would you kindly? Sit, would you kindly? Stand, would you kindly? Run! Stop! Turn. A man chooses, a slave obeys. Kill! A man chooses! A slave obeys! OBEY!

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Robobvious t1_j1mprdp wrote

I think just the most direct translation, fainting in French would be falling into apples. Where some cultures have a specific word for something others might have a phrase so direct translations don’t work out quite the way people think they will.

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FartyMcGee__ t1_j1oibd7 wrote

Are you pulling my leg?

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Robobvious t1_j1ozoh8 wrote

I read it on reddit yesterday so it may not be true but I have no real reason to believe they were lying at that instant.

…wait, is that a joke? Because pulling my leg wouldn’t translate well to other languages? If so that’s clever.

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cokakatta t1_j1ofpyt wrote

I'm an American programmer and my heart would sink whenever a 'doubt' came up. Eventually I learned that it wasn't anything to worry about.

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GanjalfTheVirescent t1_j1okcej wrote

I'm a programmer too, that's where the difference was first pointed out to me :)

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Varun_shiroyasha OP t1_j1mn4dh wrote

Well it wasn't question really since I was doubtful whether I missed some important in the story. But yes, Indians do use the word doubt more often as we have done the same in our schools.

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c_b0t t1_j1om3b3 wrote

I've primarily encountered it with people from Brazil.

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7ootles t1_j1ntn6o wrote

Do we? Not something I've ever sat down and counted up.

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tsunami141 t1_j1olrcw wrote

Guys stop downvoting, it’s obvious that this person is from England, so it follows that they’re obviously also Indian.

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