Episode 3: Shashi Tharoor takes a quiz.

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.
BUT FIRST, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SUBSCRIBE TO The English Nut! HIT THE BELL ICON TOO. Then you'll know as soon as I release a new video.
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.
English is nuts. And I’m nuts about English.
The English Nut is present on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as well:
/ theenglishnut
/ theenglishnut
/ nut_english
Core team on the Shashi Tharoor project: Priyank Bengali, Jay Morzaria
*
#TheEnglishNut #ShashiTharoor #TEN #GrammarNazi #pronunciation #BritishEnglish #IndianEnglish #doublespeak #Video #English #Vocabulary #Words #FunnyEnglish #LearnEnglish #EnglishLesson #EnglishTips #Tutorial #Advanced #Grammar #SpeakEnglish #education #BritishCouncil #BritishCouncilIndia #EnglishLanguageFacts #BritishEnglish

[@guruprasad1358]

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

[@ravisarjapur]

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

[@srikanths5178]

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]

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

[@srikanths5178]

@@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.

[@corrupted_conscience]

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

[@Jay-pl3wk]

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

[@kreativepulp8760]

Is that a Shakespearean expression? 😊

[@Jay-pl3wk]

@@kreativepulp8760 haha! I wish I knew 🙈

[@kreativepulp8760]

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

[@sanchari.c]

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!

[@kajaldey6561]

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

[@anandarao.k.g3349]

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.

[@kanishksharma4519]

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!

[@anishaxd]

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

[@nightcoreeeeeeee]

😂😂

[@Aditya-vu4ey]

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

[@anjalicathrine2677]

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

[@ShabbirAhmed1995]

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

[@narutoli394]

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

[@Haractc]

Very enriching! Loved it.

[@aqibmajeed2620]

Wow, another fragment of the interview!❤

[@ankitasingh6382]

This was so good! Loved it.❤️

[@moony728]

Extremely enriching experience.❤

[@someRandomNameHere]

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

[@roopalivs6782]

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

[@kaustubhchakrabarti2400]

Thank you so much. Love your work ❤

[@vikrantchouhan9908]

An absolute treat for the lexophiles!! Keep going.

[@abhijl]

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".

[@manoharmalani1696]

Such an elegant communicator.

[@simpletechbyabhinav6235]

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]

How many Alphabets are in English language?

[@simpletechbyabhinav6235]

@@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]

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

[@simpletechbyabhinav6235]

@@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]

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

[@srinivasnyayapathi9083]

Absolutely delightful

[@surajrajbongshi6457]

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 ❤

[@balajiprasath4760]

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

[@arkadebarman3780]

The conversation between these two great English nuts is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

[@kasturiswami784]

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

[@Sudden570]

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

[@Tan_May_]

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'...😁😁

[@kiransingh3219]

Enjoyed it thoroughly

[@koustuvapubandyopadhyay1850]

LOVELY SESSION !!

[@furqansaad8475]

Love to see the Shashi sir with you

[@bhartigoel2784]

Beautiful video!

[@Moodywhoo]

I want more of these please 😭😭

[@kasturiswami784]

Enjoyed it!

[@saylibirare3920]

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

[@mariafatimapais7499]

Very interesting. Learnt a few new words

[@krishnaagarwal5163]

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.

[@naseemfirdaus1789]

Loved it♥️❤️💜

[@5karmax]

Immensely gratified

[@TheEnglishNut]

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

[@neoxz_10]

Didn't u already upload this?

[@piyushjadhav2278]

Read theory app is great to read according to ur level our sir told

[@piyushjadhav2278]

Sorry website

[@arindambhattacharyya]

Please bring Shuhel Seth

[@ashleystinyworld3288]

I waited for this since a long time thanx English nut❤😊😊

[@kshanthalareddy1000]

It's such an interesting ...

[@rajsolanki8459]

Laudable initiative

[@mailmokena]

Very interesting session 👍

[@neera01]

Super duper!!

[@kshanthalareddy1000]

Please continue the episodes

[@btsarmyforlifeot7]

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

[@sarthakkharade7112]

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

[@hailahaiela]

I want more ❤

[@namasivayamnadarajan6712]

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.

[@gaunikarora5157]

Genius Guy

[@jhalakgupta9269]

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

[@supersmart671]

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

[@vaibhavjain2969]

Lots of love

[@Shriv99996]

Hahahaha..shashi ji...🎉🎉🎉🥰

[@WME460]

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

[@sreehari3127]

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

[@ParitoshTripathiOfficial]

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 KZbin recommendations feed.

[@TheEnglishNut]

I should have done that.

[@JackSparrow-rp6td]

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.

[@Shriv99996]

Interesting ...good show..

[@Shriv99996]

🥰

[@RishabhJha-pd5jq]

He is truly genius

[@Sikho_With_Samir]

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. 😊

[@farooqakhtarahmed]

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

[@Drwackymac]

🤣🤣🤣

[@tarhampa2303]

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

[@kkjune02]

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

[@urmila16]

De light ful. ☺️

[@soumyasaha8665]

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

[@snehasispal833]

Why can't we have your videos more often?

[@RameshSingh-sw5eb]

The English Nut and Hindi Blot on it !

[@ash1439]

I declare my self as a tharoorian from now

[@pintuvijayan2724]

👌👍from Kollam, kerala

[@zhayengshiu2031]

Read, read and read.

[@anicekurian5256]

Thank you so much Englishnut❤✨🙏

[@niloufermirza5018]

👍👍👍

[@karthikks6822]

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

[@Exposia]

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

[@sharmapushpa1880]

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]

Ha ha exactly

[@Asavsmrk]

@@sharmapushpa1880 where are you from can I know

[@sharmapushpa1880]

@@Asavsmrk kyu par 😂

[@advaysri2006]

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

[@TheEnglishNut]

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

[@advaysri2006]

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

[@AkashDas-xo2er]

😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@vasupradhaananth7168]

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]

Not at the moment. Hopefully later.

[@vasupradhaananth7168]

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

[@allenaventh6249]

😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍🏻

[@soumyasaha8665]

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

[@TheEnglishNut]

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

[@vasqora]

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

[@user-jt1fv3cm7h]

The eminent mp of Indian parliament ❤❤❤

[@raj_pirjainia]

Shashi knows English more then English itself

[@jaymorzaria]

This is madness.

[@rishabhkar1244]

can i meet the english nut

[@asokanponnusamy]

I am just a bolt

[@TedoR2011]

Big daddy 😅

[@Shriv99996]

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

[@apaappshpacd743]

If only they had such a love and happy face for Hindi or Sanskrit.

[@spuriusscapula4829]

Special hai kya hindi aur sanskrit?

[@Vinaykumar.292]

Stewie Tharoor?

[@zoso25]

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

[@vasupradhaananth7168]

Yessss😇😇

[@prasadpushkar3191]

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]

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

[@uknowme373]

Whoever is administrating your instagram is a certified coomer

[@TheEnglishNut]

Why do you say that?

[@sgt007g3]

ThoroHoriKompo😂

[@ravitej8396]

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

[@bhupindervirdi7294]

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

[@debapomdas5895]

Name of phobias are not English