John Oliver doesn’t know how to feel about Philip’s death given his racist past
Entertainment
Wed, Apr 14, 2021
British comedian John Oliver poked fun at Prince Philip’s “checkered moral history” as well as he way people reacted to his death.
During an appearance on
Late Night with Seth Meyers, said it is difficult to know how to feel when someone with a problematic past as the Duke of Edinburgh passes away. It s difficult when a 99-year-old with such a checkered moral history leaves us. It s hard to know exactly how to feel or, indeed, whether to actually articulate how you actually do,” said Oliver when asked about the royal’s death by Meyers.
The Conversation: Five words that don t mean what you think they do
10 Apr, 2021 11:18 PM
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You may be surprised to read how the meaning of common words have changed. Photo / 123rf
You may be surprised to read how the meaning of common words have changed. Photo / 123rf
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By: Simon Horobin
Articles of this kind usually assert that a word s correct meaning lies in its earliest uses, while later developments are corruptions. Disinterested doesn t mean not interested but impartial , they complain. Decimate must refer to the destruction of precisely one-tenth of something, they protest. Fulsome can only mean insincere rather than very full , they cry.