Geographic Genteelisms: How We Use Geography to Hide Our Prejudice
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The place of euphemism or genteelism, that is, intentionally indirect expression...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The place of euphemism or genteelism, that is, intentionally indirect expression...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi I want to begin this week’s installment by responding to a challenge thrown at m...
As all linguists know, English owes way more debt to Arabic than borrowing just 15 words from it. Most of the English vocabulary in astron...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In light of the strains imposed on our quest for national unity by the renewed ag...
My next project after last week’s well-received column titled “Pig by Other Names: the Multiple Names for Pig and Pig Meant in English” wa...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In a recent TV interview, Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed said he ...
By Farooq A. Kpeerogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi There are few animals in the English language that trump “pig” in poly-appellat...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi I was numb with shock when I read on Professor Abubakar Aliyu Liman’s May 29 Fac...