Episode 3: Shashi Tharoor takes a quiz.

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  • Опубликовано: 14 апр 2023
  • Episode 3 of the Shashi Tharoor interview is finally here! This is the episode in which The English Nut gives Shashi Tharoor a quiz. Find out how Dr Tharoor fares on it.
    Many have interviewed Dr Tharoor on the subject of English, but this conversation is special.
    I'm The English Nut and I am as obsessed with the language as Dr Tharoor - which makes for a witty conversation indeed. One that is chock-full of observations about English. You can watch it for the learnings, or simply enjoy the banter.
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    The questions on the quiz are tough -- and unfair at times. Does Dr Tharoor still manage to sail through it?
    In case you are new to The English Nut, I create weekly videos on the nuances of English. My objective is to introduce people to the finer points of the language while keeping them entertained.
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Комментарии • 136

  • @guruprasad1358
    @guruprasad1358 Год назад +59

    Mr.Shashi Tharoor has changed the way of thinking and speaking of a whole generation to be honest. 😊

  • @corrupted_conscience
    @corrupted_conscience Год назад +14

    Still he's passionate about learning new words. Exchange was as sweet as Bengali sweets.

  • @ravisarjapur
    @ravisarjapur Год назад +26

    Both are my favourite men . It is a feast to watch when you both join together like this . Love you both .

  • @anishaxd
    @anishaxd Год назад +17

    "why can't you just say day before yesterday" HAHAHA look whose asking😂

  • @TheEnglishNut
    @TheEnglishNut  Год назад +15

    Find out how much Shashi Tharoor scores on the English Nut quiz. You can't miss this one! :)

  • @srikanths5178
    @srikanths5178 Год назад +33

    Except for valetudinarian, neologism, and serendipity, I flunked every question. Contrary to popular belief, it is usually words like half-pace that give problems, while longer words are easy to remember. Shashi is spot on when he says reading was the only option those days, in the absence of internet and social media. I picked up several words including rodomontade and farrago from "Reader's Digest" which was in circulation those days and also from noted columnists and humorists like Art Buchwald, Jug Suraiya etc. An interesting episode overall.

    • @tyajn1
      @tyajn1 Год назад

      Hi can you please tell if the quickest process to enhance vocabulary is reading books only??

    • @srikanths5178
      @srikanths5178 Год назад

      @@tyajn1 It doesn't necessarily have to be books, it could be newspapers, magazines etc. in any format you prefer. Reader's Digest magazine used to have a word quiz section from where I learned several words. Roget's Thesaurus would be of great help too. Of course, reading is the best and the most natural way to improve vocabulary, according to many experts.

  • @kajaldey6561
    @kajaldey6561 Год назад +4

    Well i believe the fact that the person knows how to respect Tharoor sir.. my ultimate idol of respect and worship... 😊

  • @Jay-pl3wk
    @Jay-pl3wk Год назад +40

    Thank you for creating such content! It tickles my brain 🧠

    • @kreativepulp8760
      @kreativepulp8760 Год назад +2

      Is that a Shakespearean expression? 😊

    • @Jay-pl3wk
      @Jay-pl3wk Год назад +2

      @@kreativepulp8760 haha! I wish I knew 🙈

    • @kreativepulp8760
      @kreativepulp8760 Год назад +2

      @@Jay-pl3wk Sounds like a question for Dr. Tharoor's next session. 😁

  • @sanchari.c
    @sanchari.c Год назад +16

    What a wonderful video. And truly a treat to listen to two people passionate about a language talk about interesting words and where they came from. Quizzing Dr. Tharoor on social media lingo was a fun idea, but this is so much better! Learnt so much as well. Fantastic content!

  • @kanishksharma4519
    @kanishksharma4519 Год назад +5

    I absolutely love when Sumanto comes up with Dr. Shashi Tharoor. It's always a pleasure watching them both chat, laugh, grin, joke in a conversation. Thanks Sumanto, i wish you come up with more such videos with Dr. Tharoor. Love watching your videos!

  • @Aditya-vu4ey
    @Aditya-vu4ey Год назад +9

    I couldn't resist smiling and chuckling all through! 😂❤.. It's always a super warm feeling to watch you cool folks! ❤😻

  • @anandarao.k.g3349
    @anandarao.k.g3349 Год назад +5

    As always a wonderful episode, introducing us to some more very interstingly few more new words.
    Huge appreciation to both the English Nuts and Dr.Shashi Tharoor.

  • @ShabbirAhmed1995
    @ShabbirAhmed1995 Год назад +2

    Wow! Mr Tharoor came again on your show!!! We want more of these Mr Nut!!

  • @narutoli394
    @narutoli394 Год назад +1

    Brilliant!!! I enjoyed this video so much.. Thank you for this content...

  • @Haractc
    @Haractc Год назад +2

    Very enriching! Loved it.

  • @ankitasingh6382
    @ankitasingh6382 Год назад +4

    This was so good! Loved it.❤️

  • @saylibirare3920
    @saylibirare3920 Год назад +3

    The segment from 4:24 to 4:31 was so expressive and unusual. You both seemed like kids🤭

  • @arkadebarman3780
    @arkadebarman3780 Год назад +1

    The conversation between these two great English nuts is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

  • @anjalicathrine2677
    @anjalicathrine2677 Год назад +45

    Not a dull moment in those 12 mins … thank you 🙏🏻 for this lovely episode

  • @roopalivs6782
    @roopalivs6782 Год назад +3

    Omg 🙆🏽 that was such an interestingly entertaining episode. Keep rocking 👍🏾 ✔️ 💯 ✌🏾

  • @simpletechbyabhinav6235
    @simpletechbyabhinav6235 Год назад +30

    I wonder what his opinion is on people who incorrectly call the letters ABCD alphabets. Those are letters! The word "alphabet" refers to the whole thing abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. That's like calling rooms within a house "houses". I only discovered this year that some people say "alphabets", they mean "letters of the alphabet". If I knew earlier or if people stopped making this mistake, that would have spared me so much confusion when learning Hindi.

    • @niteshm6
      @niteshm6 7 месяцев назад

      How many Alphabets are in English language?

    • @simpletechbyabhinav6235
      @simpletechbyabhinav6235 7 месяцев назад

      @@niteshm6 An alphabet is "set of letters or symbols in a fixed order, used to represent the basic sounds of a language". So in English, there is 1 alphabet with 26 letters in it. Not 26 "alphabets". Japanese has 2 alphabets*, and a set of pictograms called Kanji. D is the fourth letter of the alphabet, not the fourth alphabet. Edit: *Technically they're syllabaries (for those who want to be nit-picky) and not alphabets because each letter represents a syllable rather than a sound

    • @niteshm6
      @niteshm6 7 месяцев назад

      @@simpletechbyabhinav6235 Japanese have 2 Alphabets? For a single language or two different languages?

    • @simpletechbyabhinav6235
      @simpletechbyabhinav6235 7 месяцев назад

      @@niteshm6 Yes for 1 language. Actually, technically they're syllabaries (for those who want to be nit-picky) and not alphabets because each letter represents a syllable rather than a sound. This is why people have a hard time learning Japanese. Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) also uses two different writing systems, but people generally use 1 or the other, unlike Japanese, which simultaneously uses Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.
      From Wikipedia: "The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana. Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalised Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis. Almost all written Japanese sentences contain a mixture of kanji and kana. Because of this mixture of scripts, in addition to a large inventory of kanji characters, the Japanese writing system is considered to be one of the most complicated currently in use."

    • @niteshm6
      @niteshm6 7 месяцев назад

      @@simpletechbyabhinav6235 Good information. I thought all languages have only one alphabet.

  • @anAwesomeNameHere
    @anAwesomeNameHere Год назад +3

    I watch RUclips for this kind of content. Thank you English Nut.

  • @manoharmalani1696
    @manoharmalani1696 Год назад +3

    Such an elegant communicator.

  • @moony728
    @moony728 Год назад +5

    Extremely enriching experience.❤

  • @abhijl
    @abhijl Год назад +4

    Earliest known use of the phrase "Love is blind" is by Chaucer in Canterbury Tales in the late 14th century. Just watched this trivia featured in a Netflix series "The Chair".

  • @aqibmajeed2620
    @aqibmajeed2620 Год назад +1

    Wow, another fragment of the interview!❤

  • @vikrantchouhan9908
    @vikrantchouhan9908 Год назад +1

    An absolute treat for the lexophiles!! Keep going.

  • @boraheot73012
    @boraheot73012 4 месяца назад +1

    When i heard the word serendipity, it reminded me of the song 'serendipity' by BTS 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

  • @srinivasnyayapathi9083
    @srinivasnyayapathi9083 Год назад +1

    Absolutely delightful

  • @kaustubhchakrabarti2400
    @kaustubhchakrabarti2400 Год назад

    Thank you so much. Love your work ❤

  • @Sudden570
    @Sudden570 Год назад +2

    Well done gentlemen, I loved the exchange! :-)

  • @balajiprasath4760
    @balajiprasath4760 Год назад

    Lovely conversation. Enjoyed the video very much. Way to go..

  • @surajrajbongshi6457
    @surajrajbongshi6457 Год назад +34

    I can understand you must be disappointed with the less view but trust me what you put out is pure “Gold” so keep uploading.
    Wish you a humongous success ❤

  • @bhartigoel2784
    @bhartigoel2784 Год назад +1

    Beautiful video!

  • @Tan_May_
    @Tan_May_ Год назад +3

    I wonder how to describe one of my friend with a single word due to her approach of course.. Finally I've found it today.
    Thanks a ton to Sumanta Da & Tharoor Sir for introducing us with 'Valetudinarian'...😁😁

  • @kasturiswami784
    @kasturiswami784 Год назад +1

    Enjoyed it!

  • @jhalakgupta9269
    @jhalakgupta9269 5 месяцев назад

    WORDS BECOME EXPENSIVE WHEN MR. SHAHSHI THAROOR USE IT ❤❤

  • @koustuvapubandyopadhyay1850
    @koustuvapubandyopadhyay1850 Год назад

    LOVELY SESSION !!

  • @kiransingh3219
    @kiransingh3219 Год назад

    Enjoyed it thoroughly

  • @rajsolanki8459
    @rajsolanki8459 Год назад +1

    Laudable initiative

  • @furqansaad8475
    @furqansaad8475 Год назад

    Love to see the Shashi sir with you

  • @kasturiswami784
    @kasturiswami784 Год назад +1

    I love serendipity,learned it from churchils book long time back.

  • @naseemfirdaus1789
    @naseemfirdaus1789 Год назад

    Loved it♥️❤️💜

  • @neera01
    @neera01 Год назад +1

    Super duper!!

  • @sarthakkharade7112
    @sarthakkharade7112 Год назад +2

    two english nuts conversing is such a pleasure to the listeners' ears❤️

  • @5karmax
    @5karmax Год назад

    Immensely gratified

  • @mariafatimapais7499
    @mariafatimapais7499 Год назад

    Very interesting. Learnt a few new words

  • @Moodywhoo
    @Moodywhoo Год назад

    I want more of these please 😭😭

  • @farooqakhtarahmed
    @farooqakhtarahmed Год назад +6

    These two nuts never disappoint.... Wait, that came out wrong!!!

  • @kshanthalareddy1000
    @kshanthalareddy1000 Год назад

    It's such an interesting ...

  • @mailmokena
    @mailmokena Год назад

    Very interesting session 👍

  • @WME460
    @WME460 Год назад +2

    Tharoor is like the water Bruce Lee mentioned... he fits in everywhere.

  • @Shriv99996
    @Shriv99996 Год назад +1

    Hahahaha..shashi ji...🎉🎉🎉🥰

  • @underratedduo1125
    @underratedduo1125 День назад

    Shashi sir has the audacity to say why can't you just say day before yesterday instead of using some fancy word ! Hehehe I broke out laughing !!!

  • @Shriv99996
    @Shriv99996 Год назад +1

    Interesting ...good show..

  • @namasivayamnadarajan6712
    @namasivayamnadarajan6712 Год назад +1

    Please discuss with Tharoor ji on the following two phrases: 1. In terms of - I think it’s misused often where about, regarding, as regards etc would do. 2. As to - here too I feel this is is used where it’s not required.

  • @krishnaagarwal5163
    @krishnaagarwal5163 10 месяцев назад

    Wonderful and enjoyable video. I am no expert of English; studied the language up to 12th grade only. But I happen to know (or so I think) one word used by Mr. Tharoor - cattle-class. I suppose it means the economy class of the airplane travel. That was the sense when I heard it being used by a British friend.

  • @supersmart671
    @supersmart671 Год назад +1

    You should do an episode on the impact of the English Bible on English literature

  • @gaunikarora5157
    @gaunikarora5157 Год назад +1

    Genius Guy

  • @kshanthalareddy1000
    @kshanthalareddy1000 Год назад

    Please continue the episodes

  • @vaibhavjain2969
    @vaibhavjain2969 Год назад

    Lots of love

  • @hailahaiela
    @hailahaiela 6 месяцев назад

    I want more ❤

  • @vasqora
    @vasqora Год назад +2

    1:18 "its just a made up word" well which word isnt xD

  • @RishabhJha-pd5jq
    @RishabhJha-pd5jq 11 месяцев назад

    He is truly genius

  • @ParitoshTripathiOfficial
    @ParitoshTripathiOfficial Год назад +2

    One recommendation for you, The English Nut to change the thumbnail a bit so that it looks new or maybe add a 🆕 batch on corner.
    I misunderstood it for the old episode 2 and ignored it for 11 days despite it being shown many times in my RUclips recommendations feed.

  • @sreehari3127
    @sreehari3127 Год назад +1

    1:30 Tharoor is a village in Palakkad, Kerala.

  • @tarhampa2303
    @tarhampa2303 3 месяца назад

    Indian version of Oxford dictionary.... ❤❤❤🎉

  • @zhayengshiu2031
    @zhayengshiu2031 Год назад +1

    Read, read and read.

  • @ash1439
    @ash1439 5 месяцев назад

    I declare my self as a tharoorian from now

  • @Sikho_With_Samir
    @Sikho_With_Samir Год назад

    If I wanna choose Tharoor or an Oxford dictionary, I'll choose the former.😀 I read his books and have learnt many new English words. One day, I'll meet you, Sir and cwtch you for sure. 😊

  • @urmila16
    @urmila16 11 месяцев назад

    De light ful. ☺️

  • @snehasispal833
    @snehasispal833 Год назад

    Why can't we have your videos more often?

  • @JackSparrow-rp6td
    @JackSparrow-rp6td Год назад +1

    Why this tease? Can't you upload the full episode? I have waited for this part and Ruskin Bond's for more than six months I suppose. But really fascinating to see the English Nut taking on the Big Dady of English Nut. One feedback if you want to take it. Well I've said it before as well that please disable mandatory subtitles and make them optional. The subtitles distract.

  • @pintuvijayan2724
    @pintuvijayan2724 Год назад

    👌👍from Kollam, kerala

  • @RameshSingh-sw5eb
    @RameshSingh-sw5eb Год назад

    The English Nut and Hindi Blot on it !

  • @soumyasaha8665
    @soumyasaha8665 Год назад

    I’d like to have one of those English Nut t-shirts. Possible?

  • @kkjune02
    @kkjune02 Год назад

    were all the dr. tharoor episodes filmed in 2020? or is the setup/his clothing the same all the time

  • @allenaventh6249
    @allenaventh6249 Год назад

    😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍🏻

  • @advaysri2006
    @advaysri2006 Год назад +2

    What does he mean when he says she surprise everyone by popping it 3.29

    • @TheEnglishNut
      @TheEnglishNut  Год назад +2

      'Popping it' is an informal way of saying 'dying'.

    • @advaysri2006
      @advaysri2006 Год назад +2

      @@TheEnglishNut oh always learning something new and you replied thanks !

  • @user-jt1fv3cm7h
    @user-jt1fv3cm7h 5 месяцев назад

    The eminent mp of Indian parliament ❤❤❤

  • @niloufermirza5018
    @niloufermirza5018 Год назад

    👍👍👍

  • @karthikks6822
    @karthikks6822 Год назад +158

    Caution: these stunts are performed by professions don't try this in your exams 😂😂

    • @Arunava_Sar
      @Arunava_Sar Год назад +7

      Probability :
      To take cautions : if you will try this in exam, may be cautiously beaten by Tharoor itself if found wrong.

    • @sharmapushpa1880
      @sharmapushpa1880 Год назад +3

      Ha or nhi to kya jo check karega agar use samaj hi nhi aaya to wo to number kaat dega phir hum to dekhte reh jayenge😂😂

    • @sajidanawaz6437
      @sajidanawaz6437 Год назад +1

      Ha ha exactly

    • @Asavsmrk
      @Asavsmrk Год назад

      @@sharmapushpa1880 where are you from can I know

    • @sharmapushpa1880
      @sharmapushpa1880 Год назад

      @@Asavsmrk kyu par 😂

  • @AkashDas-xo2er
    @AkashDas-xo2er Год назад

    😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @anicekurian5256
    @anicekurian5256 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much Englishnut❤✨🙏

  • @raj_pirjainia
    @raj_pirjainia Год назад

    Shashi knows English more then English itself

  • @soumyasaha8665
    @soumyasaha8665 Год назад +1

    Regarding “Brontophobia”, I’ve another word , “Ceraunophobia”; which is what I knew as fear of thunder. Was I wrong?

    • @TheEnglishNut
      @TheEnglishNut  Год назад +1

      You're right. The two words have similar meanings.

  • @rishabhkar1244
    @rishabhkar1244 Год назад +2

    can i meet the english nut

  • @vasupradhaananth7168
    @vasupradhaananth7168 Год назад

    Now, I have a different thing to say here, or rather, ask...The English Nut t shirt. Is it available in the market for us, too? I would love to have one

    • @TheEnglishNut
      @TheEnglishNut  Год назад

      Not at the moment. Hopefully later.

    • @vasupradhaananth7168
      @vasupradhaananth7168 Год назад

      @@TheEnglishNut Thank you! Hope the book (the one you are writing)happens soon as well🙂🙂...look forward to possessing both

  • @jaymorzaria
    @jaymorzaria Год назад +1

    This is madness.

  • @Shriv99996
    @Shriv99996 Год назад +1

    Share with us the money u get once u reach 10k..dude...😂😂😂😂😂..all have gone nuts...😂😂

  • @TedoR2011
    @TedoR2011 Год назад

    Big daddy 😅

  • @asokanponnusamy
    @asokanponnusamy Год назад

    I am just a bolt

  • @zoso25
    @zoso25 Год назад

    That feeling when you know what hippophobia is and Dr. Tharoor doesn't 😊

  • @uknowme373
    @uknowme373 Год назад +2

    Whoever is administrating your instagram is a certified coomer

  • @Vinaykumar.292
    @Vinaykumar.292 Год назад +1

    Stewie Tharoor?

  • @bhupindervirdi7294
    @bhupindervirdi7294 Год назад +1

    Two front bencher talking while backbencher flirting with hottest girl in class

  • @prasadpushkar3191
    @prasadpushkar3191 Год назад

    Such Rich British English accent! Wonderful...but what's hypocritical is you go off to London and rant against them! While you still speak a good old Londoner English accent! That's particularly strange!

    • @rajashekarreddy9859
      @rajashekarreddy9859 Год назад

      Oh how sad. Reminding the poor brits of their oppression , slavery and colonialism . Would barter that any day for speaking good 'british accent' 😂

  • @sgt007g3
    @sgt007g3 Год назад

    ThoroHoriKompo😂

  • @ravitej8396
    @ravitej8396 4 месяца назад

    In italian, pope is called papa. So, Papaphobia.

  • @debapomdas5895
    @debapomdas5895 Год назад +1

    Name of phobias are not English