Here is the meaning of the word 'joyrider' that Rio popularised
ARTS & CULTURE
The Standard and Daily Nation would use recognise rather than recognize; cheat, other than cheater; adviser, instead of advisor; theatre, and not theater etc.
By Pharaoh Ochichi | 4 years ago
Accuracy, sincerity are hallmarks of a good argument
A discourse on language or on any other issue is supposed to be serious work which requires that one relies heavily on nothing but well supported hard facts.
Pharaoh Ochichi | 4 years ago
You must not die when ‘electrocuted’
If you approach an academic to seek his opinion about this or that issue, you shouldn’t be surprised if he reaches his bookshelf, and piles on his table a number of titles on what you considered an easy issue for an intellectual to tackle without any reference.
Pharaoh Ochichi | 4 years ago
Football clubs like ‘Gor Mahia’ are plural nouns
As local sports journalists write about the world’s most popular sport – the beautiful game, also called soccer in some countries – they should avoid writing, for example, that “Gor Mahia has thrashed Tusker 3-0
Pharaoh Ochichi | 5 years ago
If you think explaining to someone the meaning of ...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Nov 07, 2015
Willis, the guy of ‘Mind Your Language’ on KTN...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Oct 31, 2015
A fallacy is a false idea that undermines a sound ...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Oct 24, 2015
Prof Karori Mbugua and Prof Mauri Yambo, Universit...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Oct 17, 2015
What the Bible or the Koran is to a preacher is wh...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Oct 10, 2015
The cover of Eats Shoots and Leaves says it all. T...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Nov 26, 2016
Somebody asked recently why the extracts used in t...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Nov 19, 2016
The Standard and Daily Nation would use recognise ...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Sep 03, 2016
A discourse on language or on any other issue is s...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Jun 25, 2016
If you approach an academic to seek his opinion ab...
By Pharaoh Ochichi | Apr 16, 2016
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By Pharaoh Ochichi | Nov 14, 2015
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