B is for balls (and bowls)
In the article “The bowl-or-ball dilemma of rubbishing English standards” (6/6/2010), Dilshan Boange adds his voice to the growing clamour of protest at the idea of speaking English “our way”. He recounts…
Author: Michael Meyler
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 of May 2010.] One of the points I made in my article…
A is for Adhi Vesak
An adhipoya is an extra poya day inserted into the Buddhist lunar calendar to ensure that it stays in sync with the western (solar) calendar. In December 2009 there were two poya…
Sri Lankan English: The state of the debate
In the two and a half years since I published my book, , I have followed the ongoing debate on the subject with interest. The good news is that there is a…