‘Dear Rishi’. The code words of British politics

by Rashmee

Posted on February 28, 2023


It’s astonishing how many cliches, code words, jargon and sporty phrases are being used for …

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Many colours of hydgrogen and other glorious ideas for the new year

by Rashmee

Posted on January 2, 2023


The Economist predicts 23 coinages (paywall) that will become common terminology in 2023. But if …

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America’s Democrats start to reclaim the patriotism and freedom frame

by Rashmee

Posted on December 15, 2022


America’s Democrats and Republicans, it’s often said, speak different languages. On the right, the terminology …

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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni appears to strike a blow for women in power

by Rashmee

Posted on November 12, 2022


The row that’s currently raging in Europe over migration shows that mellow words and mellifluous …

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No, decolonising your bookshelf doesn’t mean getting rid of Jane Austen

by Rashmee

Posted on May 2, 2022 / openDemocracy


The headline in The Daily Telegraph was stark: “Jane Austen dropped from university’s English course …

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Gaelige and Brussels’ Tower of Babel

by Rashmee

Posted on January 22, 2022


The year opened with good news for speakers of Irish or Gaelige. On January 1, …

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You’re…your: The problem with hybrid speech-text communication

by Rashmee

Posted on January 5, 2022


Call me a pedant, but I notice when Muck Rack writes “hoards” (of employees) rather …

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Green, blue…grue. The link between where you live and how you speak

by Rashmee

Posted on December 6, 2021


Words used to describe colour show a clear link between geography and vocabulary, according to …

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Linguistic code is a necessary oil that greases the modern world of work

by Rashmee

Posted on December 3, 2021


One of the funniest – and truest – pieces I recently read was Bartleby’s ruminations …

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From 1979, this man kept tabs on the EU’s worsening verbal diarrhoea

by Rashmee

Posted on July 2, 2021


/ LANGUAGE Words matter, and the European Union shows just how much. In the years …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK