Cross Connections

"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know." — Pema Chodron There are some words with religious connotat...

As with any written word, I am intrigued by signatures. My own has caused banks and other institutions much confusion simply because I '...

How English is English?   Will we ever know why an editor deleted several words of foreign origin from the Oxford English Dictionary? ...

"The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them." - Stephen King Listen and lose yourself in ot...

A person sitting in Karachi will now be unable to send a text message telling his friend not to be so ‘cocky’ about his entry through the ‘b...

 ? , ; : ( ... ) ! Punctuation marks are to writing what meaningful pauses are to conversation. The comma drama was a yawn that became ...

It’s maroon-coloured, slick and light. I’d lie down with it propped on my stomach like a baby as words would dribble out of its warm, white ...

Mirriam-Webster’s can keep its austere pragmatism to itself. I’ve got my own ideas. The dictionary has got out its list of top ten words of ...

This is among the worst instances of dumbing down. They are catering to everyone’s fantasy of concern - something from fashion, pop culture,...

I have always believed that clichés become clichés because they express sentiments or reality continually. Language has given us the ability...

Cotton silk. Two disparates. Coming together. Woven. Warp and weft. Coloured red. Darkened deeper. Splashed. Touch the fabric. Without me....