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Old 22 February 2015, 06:08 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by bbressler View Post
My favorite part of the letter is "prepone." What a great word. Googled to see if it's an actual term, and apparently it is in India.
Great isn't it? Lots of good old English words survive in India. Others that I can remember being in use there, that are not heard so much in England these days, include Desirous and Counterpane.
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