An important lesson of history is that rumours of a conspiracy against large segments of population can only be ignored at great peril. Neglect on this front can easily lead to anarchy and bedlam. In 1857, for instance, the rumour that the new cartridges used cow and pig fat, insulted the pride of both Hindu […]
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‘OMG’: Winston Churchill and the interesting origins of an acronym
Spoiler alert: it’s a lot older than you think! Over fifteen hundred years ago, English developed from a few tribal and local Germanic dialects spoken by a hundred fifty thousand people. English, as a ‘living organism’, has seen countless changes and amendments during its ‘evolutionary phases’. Like any other ‘living organism’, language’s relation to its […]