As mentioned inan article inThe Guardian, author Philip Pullman wrote an open letter to British publishers, imploring them to pay writers more. He made his case on the basis of fairness, stating that it’s in everyone’s interest to ensure authors can make a living. Plan A The uncaring an...
I’d once written about it earlier too, but my grudge continues with those who judge others by the way they pronounce fancy words. Please know that I fully endorse learning the right usage of words that belong to any language. Once they secure the economical capacity, they already received ...
When Schelling, Abrams, and Sageman argue that terrorists are irrational, what they mean is that terror groups seldom realize their big-picture strategic goals. But Berrebi says you can’t pronounce terrorists irrational until you know what they really want. “We don’t knowwhat are the real ...
Since Toyota said “EXiV” was supposed to be an abbreviation of “Extra Impressive,” an English speaker would pronounce it “ecks iv” or “eck shiv,” so I assumed that was they were trying to represent with エクシーブ. I should mention here that my knowledge of Japanese is very ...