Free slurpees today! Here’s how to get yours on 7-Eleven’s 98th birthday on July 11Get ready for the return of the annual Free Slurpee Day. On July 11, celebrate 7-Eleven's 98th birthday with a free small Slurpee at partic...
11 Jul, 2025, 08.50 PM IST
Free Slurpee Day 2025: How to grab a free Slurpee on July 11 at 7-11 before they're gone7-11 free slurpee: Celebrate National Slurpee Day on July 11 at 7-Eleven. Get a free small Slurpee. Speedway Rewards members can get a spec...
11 Jul, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
Snacking on papadThe papad, a simple yet delightful culinary creation, offers a joyful eating experience. Whether roasted, fried, or microwaved, each crunch...
10 Apr, 2025, 10.38 PM IST
A bhasha to learn won't twist tonguesThe article explores the historical imposition of a common language by Soviet Russia and compares it with India's linguistic policies. It e...
05 Apr, 2025, 11.00 PM IST
Tongue-twisters as tipsy tipsters?A study by Stanford University named 'Detection of Alcohol Intoxication Using Voice Features: A Controlled Laboratory Study' suggested that...
09 Nov, 2023, 11.52 PM IST
Doja Cat issues apology after taunting her followers in 'bleah!' videoSinger Doja Cat has annoyed social media users after she made use of her Instagram account to taunt her haters with a bizarre video posted ...
06 Nov, 2023, 05.59 PM IST
Linguistic twist to post-Brexit tale: Only Rani's 'angrezi' acceptable in BritainSome person, or persons put up a problematic notice in a block of council flats.
06 Feb, 2020, 09.40 AM IST
Tongue twist: Now, unicorns go vernacular for Bharat usersUnicorns such as Byju’s, Policybazaar among others support anywhere between two & 12 regional languages.
16 Jun, 2019, 09.00 PM IST
Modi, KCR, Owaisi are one, don't be fooled by them: Rahul Gandhi to people of TelanganaRahul also claimed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi was the BJP's "B team" and its chief K Chandrasekhar Rao "operates" as Prime Minister Modi...
03 Dec, 2018, 01.29 PM IST
French tongue is twisting around not just alien words but also alien foodsSome of the neologisms produced by this very French mingling of tongues would just as easily find a place in the patois of Britain.
13 May, 2016, 06.23 AM IST
Real reason why Bond is not snoggingIt turns out that the Central Board of Film Certification — which gets terribly upset each time it’s referred to as the Censor Board — thin...
20 Nov, 2015, 04.44 AM IST
Massachusetts Institute of Technology picks the toughest tongue-twistersAccording to a study by researchers at MIT, the most tongue-confounding combination of words is “pad kid poured curd pulled cod”.
07 Dec, 2013, 06.16 AM IST
- Twisting tongues to stay tied to a tongue?
There has been no move to counter France’s ongoing war on words that are avowedly English by provenance but international by usage.
24 Oct, 2013, 04.11 AM IST
Real PietySant Kabir lived in tumultuous times that had charlatans of all hues and stripes.The 14th-century saint-poet, therefore, aimed his most sco...
26 Sep, 2012, 05.33 AM IST
- Instead of protesting foreign words, Chinese should claim them as their own
What is interesting about the Chinese objection is that most of the offending foreign words are not words at all but abbreviations or acron...
10 Sep, 2012, 06.32 AM IST
- From West Bengal to Paschimbanga
Pronunciation, clearly, is not a major concern for the Chief Minister of soon-to-be Paschimbanga.
26 Aug, 2011, 05.08 AM IST
- What’s in a name?
Anglicising is no longer the trend in the US.
27 Aug, 2010, 06.02 AM IST