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A-Z of Sri Lankan English: D is for deffa
Eyebrows were raised when I included the word deffa on the mirisgala website under “new entries”. And it’s true that...
Continue reading »A-Z of Sri Lankan English: C is for cousin brother
The terms cousin brother and cousin sister are not used in standard British English. Nowadays they are used in Sri...
Continue reading »Letter to the Editor of Sunday Observer: Racism and editorial incompetence
This letter was published in the Sunday Observer of 4 July 2010. In it Michael Meyler responds to Malinda Seneviratne’s...
Continue reading »B is for balls (and bowls)
In the article “The bowl-or-ball dilemma of rubbishing English standards” (Sunday Observer, 6/6/2010), Dilshan Boange adds his voice to the...
Continue reading »A Snooty English Speaker’s reply
[Editor's note: The following article is a riposte to Malinda Seneviratne's article, published in the Sunday Observer on the 23rd...
Continue reading »A is for Adhi Vesak
An adhi poya is an extra poya day inserted into the Buddhist lunar calendar to ensure that it stays in...
Continue reading »Sri Lankan English: The state of the debate
In the two and a half years since I published my book, A Dictionary of Sri Lankan English, I have...
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