On 26-Aug-09, at 8:54 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote:
Any ideas on how "function" came to mean "event"?
Despite being "Expert cross-cultural consultants" for Western businesses in India, these guys - http://www.amritt.com/IndianEnglish.html seemed to have missed out on "function", despite not missing gems like "fitment" and "Co-brother". But speaking of functions and procedures, Indian IT is another rich source of Indian English neologisms, such as "functionalities", "codes" and "softwares" and my favourite "Please revert back with concerns, if any"
