‘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 …
Read MoreMany 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 …
Read MoreAmerica’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 …
Read MoreItaly’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 …
Read MoreNo, 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 …
Read MoreGaelige 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, …
Read MoreYou’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 …
Read MoreGreen, 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 …
Read MoreLinguistic 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 …
Read MoreFrom 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