On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram <r.sunda...@gmail.com > wrote:
> 2009/8/26 Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> > > > > as that evening is one of the functions I'm > > coming into town for. > > I'm fascinated by this usage; I've only seen it in Indian English. > > Any ideas on how "function" came to mean "event"? > > It may be "a function" as in "a do". > > Ram > > Egggggzackly what I was just wondering....haven't yet seen a "satisfactory" (when it sort of clicks into place) explanation. And hey, to the person who said Udhay is now a Mama....did you mean an Italian one? Deepa.
