In some Hindi film of a bygone era I remember a cheesy line that went - English is a very phunny language. Could not be further from the truth - the whole kind.
Take for example the juxtaposition of two simple words - Passing and Out. When used as a verb and said in a sentence it can imply a lot of things to people.
Commonly if I hear it I run away. Clearly something is not alright with the atmosphere where I am at and human condition being referred to with that verb should be cause for concern. Could it be an ammonia leak from that bathroom over there? Could it be that hydrogen tank gone awry over at the factory or simply an excess of flatulence from that awkward dude on the fence.. if he passed out (some form of toxin) then the neighbor passed out. Simple. I want 'out' from the scene.
Then there is the Queen's English or its Indian incarnation anyway. People as they graduate from their schooling careers are said to 'pass out' left and right. As in they are graduating. To what you ask? More passing out of whatever they set their minds to.
Not the leaflet kind but actual solid education I say. One that teaches them subtleties of passing out!
Over and Out.
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
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