Michael Madhusudan Dutt
This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content. |
Sentences without E’s
Once Iswarchandra Vidyasagar jokingly asked Michel Madhusudan Dutt, "as you are master in English can you make a sentence without using 'E'?"
He is said to have written this... "I doubt I can. It’s a major part of many many words. Omitting it is as hard as making muffins without flour. It’s as hard as spitting without saliva, napping without a pillow, driving a train without tracks, sailing to Russia without a boat, washing your hands without soap. And, anyway, what would I gain? An award? A cash bonus? Bragging rights? Why should I strain my brain? It’s not worth doing."
(Dutt was a genius. But had the expressions ‘cash bonus’ and ‘bragging rights’ been invented and had they reached India by his time?)