Some gems in this week’s mailbag: Following up on our conversation with a caller hoping to promote less-violent alternatives to the phrase kill two birds with one stone, a listener who grew up in India wrote in with one from her native...
The boiled rice dish known as congee does congeal when cooled to make a kind of porridge, but those two words aren’t related. Congeal is related to French congelé, the past participle of French congeler, “to freeze.” Congeal and...
A father and son are having an ongoing discussion about which came first — the color orange or the name of the fruit? The citrus got there first. The original name of this fruit comes from Sanskrit naranga, or “orange tree.” A German...
Fraudband n.— «My Sify Broadband (Fraudband?) connection has went off again. Did the whole process again, registered a complaint with its “so-called-customer-care.”» —“Who said the Broadband has arrived in India...
errorism n.— «A group of eight Tamil men are taking their fight for social equality to the streets walking to Ottawa from Toronto to “stop errorism.” Errorism, as described by walk organizer Mayuran Rhaashivam, is when...
Kollywood n.— «Now, Kollywood (the Tamil film industry as it is known) has decided to take things into their own hands.» —“Tamil actors turn detective” by Durga Nandini, Dhanya Rajendran Now.tv (Mumbai...