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Posted by Frank James at 12:04 p.m CST
The Indian embassy issued a press release with a word unfamiliar to a few of us in the newsroom–‘prepone,’ as in “We will prepone the press conference, not postpone it.” For anyone out there who knows, is this a typical Indian usage or is there a rogue wordsmith at the Indian embassy?
March 28, 2006
Embassy of India, Washington DC
PRESS ADVISORY
Please note that the Press conference of Mr. Shyam Saran, Foreign Secretary of India has been preponed to 14:00Hrs on March 31,2006.
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