This is the problem, you see, when these pseudollectual people have to show off the books they have read or how, at an early age, their English grammar teacher had his or her ruthless way with them till they managed to form long, correct sentences with clauses, sub-clauses and shifting yet consistent tenses. So, it makes me furious, not to mention irritated, when these (expletive deleted) intellectuals describe someone using too many long words when short ones would do better. In English names I like a simple label that describes what the person does, like ‘Anchor’, ‘Headline Huckster’ or even ‘Migraine’, with or without some country’s name attached. I prefer people you can describe with shorter words or a combination of not too many syllables, especially English syllables.įor instance, speaking Indian, I like names which include ‘Rishi’, ‘Rashtra’, ‘Swachha’ or ‘Purush’-I really, really love ‘Purush’ in any name-and ‘Rishi’ also floats my boat-so, for instance, ‘Mithya Rishi’ would get my vote every time, or even ‘Vikas Vehem’ or-this one has a really nice ring to it-‘Sarvanash Mahesh’. First of all it’s a too-long word, ‘intellectual’, with far too many syllables, and anyone who needs to be described with a too-long word I’m suspicious of, like heavily.
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