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Michael Erard

Michael Erard

is an author, linguist, and consultant. He is the author of Um..: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean and Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners.



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A most painful way to die

A most painful way to die
Malaysia's Indian gangsters

Malaysia's Indian gangsters

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Guns and roses on the Ganga

Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh is gun-maker’s heaven. The trade is illegal but highly lucrative, especially in election season, and the Ganga is the highway.


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