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Re:Introduction to Indian English by gulabjamuns on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @04:13AM (#44507442)
Another common Indian word is prepone, the opposite of postpone.

I have never come across the "where" example.

The article misses out on many common usages, and cites some rather unremarkable ones.

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Re:Introduction to Indian English by dkdbejwi383 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @04:32AM (#44507582)
If postpone is to delay until later, and prepone is to bring forwards, can one peripone something (for it to be happening now)?
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Re:Introduction to Indian English by sidchilling on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @05:00AM (#44507752)
I agree. The articles misses some really good ones, - prepone, max-to-max (ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा), scanner (for payment QR-codes)
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Re:Introduction to Indian English by devnull3 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @05:08AM (#44507796)
Prepone is now a word in Cambridge dictionary [1]. It acknowledges the origin to India.

[1] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/prepone

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Re:Introduction to Indian English by euroderf on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @11:45AM (#44511490)
I wanted an opposite of "procrastinate", but it's not obvious because of etypmologies.

The best I could devise is "progesternate" (via "gestern").

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