Shashi Tharoor's World of Words is a weekly column on language
Shashi Tharoor's World of Words is a weekly column on language
Shashi Tharoor's World of Words is a weekly column on language
shashi tharoors world of words
Young job-seeker called Robert Pirosh landed three job interviews, one of which led to a job as a junior writer at Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios, the fabled MGM
If the term is too difficult for the listener or reader, then it’s actually inappropriate to use it
shashi tharoors world of words
An even more dismissive term for nonsense was “codswallop” — which remains one of the most colourful words for describing nonsense
Seeing your trademark becoming a commonly-used verb must be bliss for marketing people, but somewhat more worrying for their legal department
shashi tharoors world of words
Have over-sensitive experts established a new orthodoxy in language without anyone really noticing?
These often involve assumptions and biases that non-native English speakers may not share
The Edwardian era was when Wodehouse entered his 20s and came of age, and a lot of his words are redolent of that era
An amusing sidelight: at one time the slash did serve a useful purpose in British English, before the Internet found a new use for it