If you search for a word at the New Yorker site and the site can't find the word, you get the message, "I'm sorry I couldn't find that for which you were looking."
That prompts Geoffrey K. Pullum to write a savage, funny rant.
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There is no real thought behind this speculation at all. But, Indian English is markedly more archaic and formal than most of the other variants around the world. Is this a product of outsourcing?
Posted by: Tim Worstall | September 23, 2005 at 06:02 AM