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
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
shashi tharoors world of words
Shashi Tharoor’s World of Words is a weekly column in which the politician, diplomat and wordsmith par excellence will dissect words and language
shashi tharoors world of words
The attitude that if the world is destroyed by ecological catastrophe, Mars could one day offer Earthlings a refuge from climate change, is termed “marsification”
A glance at the Guide suggests that the urge to get people to bite their tongues rather than use language which some may find “politically incorrect” has now crossed all reasonable limits
Shashi Tharoor's World of Words is a weekly column dissecting 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
Some feature regularly in lists of people’s least favourite words in English: “vomit” is a perennial peeve, but some dislikes are more irrational
shashi tharoors world of words
Shashi Tharoor's World of Words is a weekly column dissecting language
The funny thing about the etymology of the word is that its origin is “literally a joke”