Comment by __derek__
4 years ago
> trying to do his best to make "do the needful" sound like something a Bay Area dude would naturally say, but, it simply wasn't.
I grew up in the Midwest and hadn't encountered this phrase until I moved out to Seattle and started working in tech. Indian folks definitely use it the most, but I also hear it regularly from the American-born guys who did a stint at Microsoft in the Aughts. Given more time, it might end up being one of those West Coast-isms.
Along with “I am sending this to you timely, please revert.”
It’s just corp-speak propagation where a heavy proportion is alternative grammars.
Just remembered another: 'prepone'.