These rather old fashioned terms were frequently used in the past to refer to the domestic help who performed their duties only when the master’s eyes were on them. It was work done to impress the master; the eye-servant or eye-server did it for show! Although we have quite a few people in our country […]
Read More SURROUNDED BY EYE-SERVANTS/EYE-SERVERS?When we hear the word theatre, we immediately think of movies – for most of us, a theatre is the place we go to in order to watch a film or a play. The word comes from the Greek theatron meaning ‘a place for viewing’. If this is the case, why is the sterile room […]
Read More WHY ARE SURGERIES CARRIED OUT IN A THEATRE?For the movie buffs among you, the image that immediately comes to mind when you hear the name Morpheus, is that of Laurence Fishburne – the actor who played the iconic role of Morpheus in the highly entertaining Matrix trilogy. Quite a few, especially those belonging to my gender, may balk at the idea of […]
Read More BEING IN THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS!The word candidate has several different meanings – someone who contests in an election is called a candidate. It is also frequently used to refer to a person appearing for an interview, taking an exam, etc. In the past, candidate had only one meaning – it meant someone dressed in white. The word comes from […]
Read More A CANDID CANDIDATE?There are many words ending in weight listed in standard English dictionaries – overweight, lightweight, deadweight, paperweight, underweight, etc. to mention just a few. Headweight, which is often heard in our country, does not find a place in any of them. We Indians have coined the word, and we frequently use it to refer to […]
Read More TOO MUCH HEADWEIGHT?
Know Your English 