An AI breakthrough that may mean curtains for poets, journalists…and me
by Rashmee
Posted on July 23, 2020 / The Focus
I was very taken by economics professor Tyler Cowen’s recent rundown on an Artificial Intelligence …
Read MoreCometh the hour, cometh the words that will go viral
by Rashmee
Posted on March 17, 2020
Once upon a time, it was Brexit that added new words to the dictionary. “Brexit” …
Read MoreIs the Japanese concept of Komorebi (see pic) really culturally untranslatable?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 24, 2018
Someone posted a blog that listed “11 beautiful Japanese words that don’t exist in English’, …
Read MoreDonald Trump has changed the way we speak and that is, to coin a presidential phrase, sad
by Rashmee
Posted on July 18, 2017
It is a sign of the times that a potential columnist pitches an idea to …
Read MoreMind your language in this slacktivist, post-truth world
by Rashmee
Posted on May 4, 2017 / The National
Political junkies, lexicographers and social media users recently enjoyed a rare, shared moment of levity. …
Read MoreIs the Japanese concept of Komorebi (see pic) really culturally untranslatable?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 18, 2016
Someone posted a blog that listed “11 beautiful Japanese words that don’t exist in English’, …
Read MoreWords that the world badly needs if language is to be on fleek this year
by Rashmee
Posted on January 10, 2016
We know that our language – English, the lingua franca, spoken by more than half …
Read MoreThings to look forward to in 2016: Why fizza-ma-wizza makes us giggle
by Rashmee
Posted on December 8, 2015
In January, the Journal of Memory and Language will publish a study on why some …
Read MoreLet me put it to you straight and on the nose: does subtlety in art suck?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 9, 2015
I remembered Aleksander Hemon’s plea for unsubtle adjectives while reading Forrest Wickman’s swipe at subtlety …
Read MoreComputer says…the robot journalist could get to Pulitzer status. Really?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 10, 2015
In Chicago, they’ve got computers that are being taught how to file copy. Journalist’s copy. …
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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