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Orrin Cummins
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Nope Jul 11, 2013

Tom in London wrote:

It's probably yet another Americanism, like "likely" instead of "probably", "momentarily" instead of "in a moment", and "deprecated" for "depreciated".


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Suzan Hamer
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Not this time, Tom. Jul 12, 2013

Tom in London wrote:
It's probably yet another Americanism, like "likely" instead of "probably", "momentarily" instead of "in a moment", and "deprecated" for "depreciated".


No, apparently it's standard Indian English.

According to this article, "revert in the sense of 'reply' is one of eight contributions from Indian English included in the latest batch of OALD [Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary] additions," and it is also used in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, as well as in Bahamian English to mean "I will get back to you." http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=0
 
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