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Spot the mane clauses

India, June 22 -- Take a horse to water, horse-trading, hold your horses. given the interdependence we once had with these majestic beasts, it is no surprise that our language embraced them too. There... Read More


Spot the mane clause: Equine terms are hiding where you'd least expect them

India, June 21 -- Take a horse to water, horse-trading, hold your horses. given the interdependence we once had with these majestic beasts, it is no surprise that ourlanguage embraced them too. There... Read More


Spot the mane clause: Equine phrases are hiding where you'd least expect them

India, June 21 -- Take a horse to water, horse-trading, hold your horses. given the interdependence we once had with these majestic beasts, it is no surprise that ourlanguage embraced them too. There... Read More


That means a lot...

India, May 25 -- There are some words so simple, it is possible they will never mean anything else: pain, rain, love. More complex terms can have quite the journey, nodding backwards, eternally, to th... Read More


That means a lot...: Adam Jacot de Boinod on strange journeys certain words have taken

India, May 24 -- There are some words so simple, it is possible they will never mean anything else: pain, rain, love. More complex terms can have quite the journey, nodding backwards, eternally, to t... Read More


Palm before the storm

India, April 27 -- The power of the gesture is extraordinary. Well-used, it can be the fastest way to communicate an idea or emotion. Misused, it can be the quickest shortcut to cross-purposes, misund... Read More


Palm before the storm: A look at how gestures can be misunderstood

India, April 26 -- The power of the gesture is extraordinary. Well-used, it can be the fastest way to communicate an idea or emotion. Misused, it can be the quickest shortcut to cross-purposes, misund... Read More


Terms given to us by the sea

India, March 30 -- Shipping took off around the same time as Modern English (in the 15th century). So it is perhaps unsurprising that, as these vessels became defining symbols of power, prestige and ... Read More


Salty language: Adam Jacot de Boinod dives into terms given to us by the sea

India, March 29 -- Shipping took off around the same time as Modern English (in the 15th century). So it is perhaps unsurprising that, as these vessels became defining symbols of power, prestige and ... Read More