shashi tharoors world of words
'Tough', 'through', 'though' 'thought': The absurdities of English spelling
The same four letters, “ough”, that’s pronounced six different ways
shashi tharoors world of words
The same four letters, “ough”, that’s pronounced six different ways
shashi tharoors world of words
English speakers take great pleasure in mastering tongue-twisters
shashi tharoors world of words
Children who read get used to alliteration pretty easily, because their stories are full of characters with alliterative names
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?