Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Prepone

Is my favorite Indian English word. Ok -- so it isn't an official word in most dictionaries -- but it's used heavily here to mean that you moved something ahead of schedule -- so the opposite of postpone -- makes sense, eh?

http://bprakash.blogspot.com/2005/05/preponed.html
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000645.php
http://www.hindu.com/edu/2004/05/31/stories/2004053100661504.htm

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