A conversation about English with SHASHI THAROOR. [2020]

Many have interviewed Dr Tharoor on the subject of English, but this 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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0:00 Introduction
0:55 New word by Dr. Tharoor
2:35 Words coined by Dr. Tharoor
3:39 English words 'looted' from India
7:19 Indianisms
Episode #84
DR. SHASHI THAROOR: The Big Daddy of English Nuts.
In this episode, Dr. Tharoor introduces a ‘new’ word, revisits old favourites, talks about English words ‘looted’ from India, English words used uniquely in India, a Malayalam word that ought to be in English and so much more. Meanwhile, I introduce Dr. Tharoor to a ‘Benglish’ word and theorise that Indian English will take over the world.
The conversation with Dr.Tharoor was recorded months ago, but for various reasons - not the least of which is the pandemic - it did not see the light of day earlier.
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.
English is nuts. And I’m nuts about English.
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Core team on the Shashi Tharoor project: Priyank Bengali, Jay Morzaria
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[@FarhanAmin1994]

don't try them* 😜

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[@ronnier9245]

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[@opoouser6890]

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[@ritwiz1309]

Warning: This video can teach you English better than your school

[@deepakkumarnath7683]

How many words educated native English speaker knows from dictionary?

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@@deepakkumarnath7683 15k

[@Janken_Pro]

No U

[@adityabhat18o4]

I swear .... I didn't even look once at their faces right after introduction. My vision & focus was right on the subtitles all the time.

[@theblackdiamondcitizen]

Indeed many of us did that 😀

[@221BBakerStreetIND]

Ha ha. True.

[@dipankarmookerjee2282]

Me too.

[@josephinetaylor2826]

Haha,how accurate😂

[@srividyar87]

Lol

[@Kunalsingh-wm2ds]

*How is it that even when Dr Tharoor speaks "normal'' English, it sounds so fancy?*

[@d-ekki4185]

Yay so normal, i too came here to watch how his english is as people were praising his english speaking but damn i couldn't find anything amazing in his speaking . On top of that i came to see his face and speaking after i heard about his case with his wife who was actually said that it was murdered.

[@rekhakumari2253]

@@d-ekki4185 Dr.Shashi is one of the best English orators in our country. Try to take a view on his books and his videos.

[@sooraj8251]

@@d-ekki4185 What do you think about Sunantha Pushkar case?

[@unboxalicious]

Hey I'm sorry to contradict your opinion this way. But if you actually notice a little carefully, it's not the fact that he is able to convert sentences into English so fluently, rather it's about how much of knowledge he has gained in the field of Vocabulary that helps him in shortening his sentences. Most of the words he uses, aren't even known by the regular people of Britain as well as America.

[@natashaguarda9320]

Pronunciation makes the difference.

[@fairwind3058]

The very British word Juggernaut, was a metaphor for something huge, massive and imposing. It was sourced from the sheer size of the Jaganath Temple at Puri, Orissa.

[@asamvav]

Not the temple actually but the Ratha of the Rathayatra of Puri Jagannath Temple.

[@annemoses8045]

@@asamvav absolutely !

[@TheFatBeaRr]

@@asamvav The word juggernaut comes from the Hindi 'Jagannath' meaning 'lord of the world'. The word is further derived from the Sanskrit 'jagati' meaning 'he goes' and 'natha' meaning 'master'. 🙂

[@forestswaras]

@@TheFatBeaRr jagat means world

[@BruteZ7957]

@@TheFatBeaRr maybe you were talking about ' gachchati' which means 'he/she goes'.

[@krsnasameer]

I was giggling and smiling the whole video. It was so wholesome. Perhaps i should say, i defenestrated my melancholy!!!

[@tripathigaurav944]

I saw your comment; then to me and there I was.

[@hahacalypso2749]

Another One 😂😂😂

[@thatsme9109]

@@hahacalypso2749 Hey you! I have seen your comment on one of the videos by wion.

[@hahacalypso2749]

@@thatsme9109 Then...???

[@thatsme9109]

@@hahacalypso2749 You're everywhere is what I'm saying🤷🏼.

[@sarbajayabanerjee6425]

Whenever I hear Dr Tharoor speaking on topics other than politics, I'm like why this person is into politics! He's cut out to be an ideal professor in English literature and linguistics. It's not only because of his thorough knowledge of the language, but his verbal eloquence, his amazing way of explaining things, his wit, his good humour, and not to mention,that impeccable accent n pronunciation!

[@codewalters]

Learning towards Doing.

[@allipse8224]

It's his choice

[@sarbajayabanerjee6425]

@@allipse8224 Obviously it's his choice! I never mentioned the unwilling gentleman was forced to enter politics. As a student interested in the study of the origin of languages, I just stated my preference for the role in which I would have liked to see him. 😊😊

[@kaushikdasgupta67]

I could n't agree with you more! I would also have loved to see him as a Professor of English in any leading university anywhere in the world. But perhaps he delved into politics due to the 'power', that is associated with politics. But having said that I would also like to add that I firmly believe in George Bernard Shaw 's quote.... "Politics is the last resort for the scoundrel". But Dr. Tharoor is no scoundrel, and is definitely a class apart from the multitude of crass and unsophisticated politicians that India possesses!!

[@ultraeducation90]

Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say.

[@yuvikamehta6596]

Omg I really loved how 2 people can talk without one being toxic. Such a mutual talk it was!

[@lakhansingsorte4646]

I can listen Dr. Shashi Tharoor talking anything whole day.

[@aaliyaali6068]

I don't know why stupid video's get million's of likes and these type of informative video's don't. Like Seriously!!!? Thanks for so many likes... I never got more than 10 before

[@azadmullick5353]

The main reason is genuiness is priceless..

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[@p.singson3910]

"Kindly adjust: when a fifth person sit on a bench meant for two" had me dying.

[@AliHussain-fz7pd]

Dr Tharoor is always engaging, insightful and has that much coveted quality that is rare among politicians - he oozes charisma, although it appears that he is only lauded for it among a confined niche. Still, much kudos to The English Nut from a fan situated on the other side of the border.

[@TheEnglishNut]

Thank you so much!

[@suvajitmishra07]

I've seen this interview 10 times (On FB & KZbin) to listen Shashi Tharoor's speech & pronunciation. Every speeches of this man attracted me to listening him. Such a fancy English he used to talk even normal talking seems so classy. This man deserve more than the political lodgment.

[@shonsmith2924]

I simply love Dr. Sashi for his simplicity and it’s thrilling to watch him talking anything anytime. Greatness personified

[@JeetendraKhatiwoda]

'After 10 years I have tried and failed, the word is in use again' That level of failure is the success we all look for.

[@samay4596]

He should be a professor in a college than a politician.

[@adilsheikh3480]

First he should teach Rahul

[@vinit1366]

@@adilsheikh3480 😂

[@jasontheconservative4056]

@@adilsheikh3480 😂😂😂

[@krishnaSagar69]

@@adilsheikh3480 😂😂😂

[@technicalgamers7324]

That's our problems. We want great person to work and uneducated mad person to become Ministers

[@capn_dp]

Etramte in tamil is "ethainaiyavathu"

[@shaikhmehboobhassain]

He's very friendly to his surroundings. Man, I'm going to follow him on social media just for his English. I guess hardly any person in the Parliament can speak English fluently. He must always represent India at any international meet.🙂

[@preetamyadav7952]

lol

[@srikanths5178]

You've conveniently overlooked Mr. Chidambaram. He's an equally effective speaker or more so and never resorts to fancy words to drive home his point. Furthermore, he's also one of the few parliamentarians who's equally at home when speaking in his mother-tongue. I have seldom seen him use English words when speaking in Tamil.

[@shaikhmehboobhassain]

@@srikanths5178 I just watched the video, that's why I said because I liked the way he talked in this video. I never heard Mr. Chidambaram, thank you for let me know about him also.

[@srikanths5178]

@@shaikhmehboobhassain Of course, Mr Tharoor is a brilliant orator and has tremendous knowledge of English and History. I too have been watching his videos recently as he brings in interesting insights into the origin of many words and its adaptations in English.

[@srikanths5178]

​@@shaikhmehboobhassain Here you go - Mr. Chidambaram & Mr. Tharoor speaking at the Congress Plenary session 2018 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHOqpXR7oK2ZkKc kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioencouajch8pc0

[@srishtisinha5589]

"That's the most unusual introduction I've had" I SQUEALED

[@ImperialInstitutekannauj]

Shashi Tharoor has really very good command over English language and much proficient English speakers and has a great collection of vocabularies.

[@tuhinroy9397]

That nod from Mr Chatterjee when Dr.Shashi Tharoor says "begun" in Bangla has a separate fan base...just loved it❤️

[@deepabiswal5067]

Hearing Dr. Shashi Tharoor speaking is like a panacea for the ears ❤️ I think his humbleness and down to earth attitude despite achieving some of the apex things in lyf is worth praising of 🙏 Would love to hear him more n more n more 🤗

[@SakshiSingh-th5jc]

Man this interviewer took Shakespeare seriously!! His hairstyle and beard 🤣😂😲😲

[@deepakkumarnath7683]

How many words educated native English speaker knows from dictionary 171000 words? Which dictionary to use Google Oxford Webster or theasarus?

[@rajsekherroychowdhury5848]

Everytime I see this man my respect for him goes more and more❤️

[@sanjeevkv6519]

You are very lucky to have a chat with Tharoor. It was a beautiful experience.Thank you Sir.

[@MubasherTeachesHere]

To a Brit of Indian descent this is absolutely fascinating. Shashi Tharoor is a scholar and a master!

[@pankhurivats8776]

I came across the word "hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia" and experienced hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

[@shidharthrouth]

Pankhuri Vats and u have successfully induced it in some of us too... 😂😂😂

[@anuradhahd3216]

That is so true..😂

[@AyushKumar-sl9kx]

What does it mean ?

[@pankhurivats8776]

@@AyushKumar-sl9kx hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia means fear of long words

[@marinadsouza3962]

Love watching Dr Tharoor speak... Always smiling n most comfortable with his super English vocabulary.

[@stevejobs3563]

If you wanna learn english then he is perfect guy. watch all his videos.

[@renupunjabi9482]

There are two names that are synonymous with English - The English Nut and Mr. Tharoor. What a legendary episode. 🤩🤩

[@srikanths5178]

Unfortunately, many Indians are unfamiliar with Mr V. Srinivas Sastry, the silver-tongued orator and the original grand daddy of the English language. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._S._Srinivasa_Sastri

[@renupunjabi9482]

@@srikanths5178 Unfortunately! 😑

[@nelsonbeck5378]

I really love the way Dr. Tharur speak, I always look his speech to hear

[@antonygeorge5003]

That was a conversation between the equals in the case of knowledge in English language. 👌

[@arunrajasekharan4582]

"etramte" - from 11:56 to 12:29, just loved it & kept repeating it. From Kerala 🤓

[@sreyoshifrancis833]

This has been such a long wait, but so worth the wait. Jay - Super proud of you for making this happen. Congrats Sumanto and Priyank!

[@Me-tz6gm]

He's such a great English speaker. I always love to hear him speaking english. Especially his unusual words. 👍

[@shivam2.13]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia = fear of long words Really now I'm scared 🙄🙄😢😢

[@kaushikroger956]

😂😂😂

[@vbvpai9969]

S Taroor after hearing it from the interlocutor - "Oh...!" ('finally someone nutty enough for a fun chat') haha

[@sitanshusrivastav1046]

I pronounciate it like "Hippopotamus"

[@parthasarathysr2387]

I am a person who loves the English language . This video enlightened. It is always a pleasure to listed and watch Dr Tharoor

[@arungeorge9351]

He’s so effortless and enjoyable to listen to

[@muhammadshahzaib7304]

so witty,eloquent and the one to whom we can called the real English speaker. Am gonna follow him on all social media platforms

[@babygal2708]

You both speak so well!! Mr Tharoor is absolutely fantastic to hear.

[@gautamup25]

While listening both of them I feel that I should take class from them for my whole life as both of them were great in English And then there vocabulary omg everything is just perfect

[@vinujoseph5298]

That is a great bliss to see you both together!

[@tittlechaitanya8055]

You know the last part was the most amazing. I'm waiting for another.

[@monaleeza27]

Such a brilliant conversation of two very competent men ..you can swear by their English...mind blowing

[@julietdsouza4314]

I loved watching this episode.Looking forward to many more .

[@theresias9997]

I Can listen the whole day to Shashi Tharoor !!!

[@reenashantly8767]

Thank you for this special episode.

[@shraddhaojha6086]

Shashi sir ..is such a great aur proud personality for all Indians..as he taught English to britisher..not only taught but also gives numberous of word which is derived from indian accent..hats off you sir...big fan of you .

[@gurmitkaurtaak375]

Love listening to these conversations ,even though I have already watched his videos. 😊🎉❤🎉😊

[@kaushikmishra8889]

Always a pleasure listening to him !

[@mohanrangan7318]

I was thoroughly elated after watching this wholesome and profound conversation between two scholars.

[@goazzy]

So glad to see this episode.

[@faroquehelaly8804]

Dr. Shashi Tharoorji is a great man and a great orator. I love listing to his English.

[@umamaheswariselvakumar141]

It really amazing to see two individuals who hav a great knowledge in English nd history ✨ I've got a lot of takeaways from this thank you English nut❤️

[@TheQueensEnglishHouse]

Fascinated by every bit of it . . .

[@Anna.78651]

Well m preparing my ilets so watching dr sashi taroor English Vocab

[@AxeDharme]

10:50 Brinjal comes from the Portuguese word 'a beringela'. We've had a sizeable amount of words borrowed from Português in our various languages.

[@artisrivastava2780]

By sheer chance ,saw this video of my favourite Dr Shashi Tharoor.Loved their conversation

[@christosvaz]

This was just so amazing.

[@madhurimadutta6267]

We need more contents like this. Please keep on interviewing Dr. Shashi Tharoor every month. I am 100 percent sure we will end up enriching our limited stock of words with a lot more new ones which will ultimately help us to improve our diction.

[@Sudakshina_Kina]

This is the first time I’ve come across this wonderful KZbin channel and I enjoyed this video very much. My Business English book covers the regional variants of the English language and it’s great to see how these videos are informing audiences about it. Bravo! 😊👏👏

[@prashantyadav5551]

Thanks for the subtitles...

[@debadityadutta6483]

Loved watching this so much ! Such a mesmerizing video!

[@TheQueensEnglishHouse]

These high-sounding words leave a huge impact on minds when it comes to reading or writing. . .

[@kokilaamarnath4780]

One of the best videos on this channel...two English Language Greats in one frame!❤️👍

[@shereentabassum6761]

I would like to meet Mr.Shashi Tharoor once in my lifetime... He is just awesome..

[@hardikpandey769]

He is the ideal of every indian english learner

[@riturajsingh4703]

Hats off to you and your words sir... I wanna cwtch by your vocabulary...

[@monikabhatia2920]

There is so much to learn..omg! Inspiring!

[@infinatiAM]

Great to get to know this channel. Keep up, keep going! Kudos for your work. This video is a milestone.

[@riyazenglish3576]

Thanks Eng Nut, Enjoyed incredibly

[@maxih2877]

i enjoyed the whole conversation throughly , really stunning

[@Deutsche21]

Thanks a lot for this amazing video.

[@iamnobody108]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video of Dr Tharoor. Much to learn.

[@sahananjain5130]

I just loved it!!!

[@jishas3186]

Kindred spirits.... Kudos...

[@udayakumar3344]

Both of u r light of the english language in our indian country ! 👍we would followed the masters of the language !

[@BhaskarChakravorti]

This was such an incredibly pleasant surprise. Both are my favourites. Two Nuts Together

[@linetleo6818]

Both episodes with Shashi n the English Nut r great

[@niharbarbhaya2991]

Waiting for this video

[@archanarakshit4903]

Woww...I wanna learn more and more of English and the Etymology after watching this video ! English Nuts you are doing a great job and Dr.Shashi Tharoor I really really admire you, you are such a learned a person ! Wow !

[@sindhukrishnakumar6021]

Great..wonderful... amazing...don't know how to express...thank you English nut🙏

[@prathamnebhani858]

Thank you sir ,amazing video with a genius on board

[@Indian_in_Japan]

Mind blowing..loved it ❤️ Thank you English nuts!

[@mallikaarulraj9188]

Wow!!!! What a brilliant conversation....

[@noeladesouza3867]

Brinjal comes from the Portuguese "beringela".

[@renupunjabi9482]

But it's still not brinjal 😂

[@shantinaturechild6385]

@@renupunjabi9482 if you listen to the interview you will hear how words get pronounced differently by people from different places. The British pronounced as they could and the Indian people pronounced as they could. So seen there were invaders from Portugal in India, they also left their traces and some words including this one. Shame on you laughing at someone sharing knowledge and truth! Take advantage and learn for free or just stay ignorant if you prefer that 😁!

[@anitams8693]

U r special u called mr tharoor I could meet him Happy to see u with him on ur channel

[@rupaaggarwal9365]

The ‘nutty professors’ in action! I updated my notes with the new words and pronunciations I learned today. Gracias 🙏🏾

[@karthikaa7500]

Oh that was a real feast of two great 'English Nuts'! Just wished the convo went on and on, as it was so very interesting to watch two ppl, belonging to two different states of India (Kerala & Bengal) that's otherwise similar in every single aspect including politics, sharing their common interest too!!! Lovely, lovely it was Mr. English Nut! Hope you come up with more such interesting and informative episodes. God bless! :-)

[@msbottlenecktak]

A good video worthy of watching more than a 100 times!

[@deepakshigusain1217]

It was pure ecstatic conversation 👏👏👏

[@AbhishekPathak-so1pp]

Dear Sir, No match... I would have to take 100 births to learn the accent and vocabulary... Hats off

[@abdul-azizusmani149]

Amazing, amazing!

[@vidyeshwarprasad6895]

Dr Shashi Tharoor ..simply supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!!

[@marrthaspassion9634]

Oooo... just wonderful !

[@Handle12456]

I love both of them

[@soujanyakris7039]

It’s a pleasure and enlightening to listen to Shashi Tharoor❤️❤️

[@shalinik3376]

Enjoyed the show😊 dear English nut, please do more of such chat shows.. looking forward!

[@koyelmukherjea4166]

shanghateek dashpush!!! Keep them coming! So proud of you.

[@geethap7965]

Thank you so much