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New Delhi, August 20: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is known for his impeccable command over the English language, was trolled on Monday for using the word "prepone". Tharoor shared an image of a letter he sent to Governor of Kerala, who also holds the position of University Chancellor, on the issue of holding the exams earlier than scheduled. But it's Tharoor using the word "prepone" that has come under heavy scrutiny from Twitterati and getting discussed widely. Shashi Tharoor Says He is 'Grateful' to Poonam Pandey For Appreciating His Hindi.
Twitter can be a mean place and Tharoor must be learning it the hard way now as several accounts on the social media platform trolled the Congress leader for using the word "prepone". Users said that "prepone" is not a word and were shocked to see Tharoor committing a mistake in regard to the English language. Happy Birthday Shashi Tharoor: Five Times When the Politician Turned Master of Vocabs Made Us Run For Thesaurus.
Read Tharoor's Letter in the Tweet Below
My intervention w/ @KeralaGovernor (as University Chancellor) on the extraordinary decision to prepone announced examinations by four days. Our students are resigned to postponements, but holding them earlier than planned plays havoc w/ preparations, esp post-floods! pic.twitter.com/xt6Vzq2VGO
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 19, 2019
Thick and Fast Came The Tweets Trolling Tharoor
Clearly, your Twitter account handler needs English classes. "Prepone" isn't a word!
— Ria Jain (@riajain1990) August 19, 2019
The Queen Was Mentioned as Well
You using Prepone? The Queen is turning in her bed.
Write 370 times : Prepone is not an English word.
— Sridhar Joshi (@brahmmajoshi) August 19, 2019
More Observations
Haha, good observation! I guess someone else drafted this letter. Otherwise Mr Tharoor would certainly have used "advanced" instead of "preponed".
— Sourav Sengupta (@souravsg) August 19, 2019
People Having a Hard Time Believing Tharoor Drafted the Letter
When US English comes up with new words which are not in Queen's Repertoire, most Indians happily accept them. But Indianisms are taboo even after getting accepted in the Oxford English Dictionary.😥🤔
But I agree that this may be the handiwork of someone in the office.🙄
— Sreekanthan (@SSreekanthan) August 19, 2019
Twitter Users Are Shocked!
When US English comes up with new words which are not in Queen's Repertoire, most Indians happily accept them. But Indianisms are taboo even after getting accepted in the Oxford English Dictionary.😥🤔
But I agree that this may be the handiwork of someone in the office.🙄
— Sreekanthan (@SSreekanthan) August 19, 2019
Tharoor's letter requested for reconsideration of the announcement made by the University pertaining to the exam dates. The recent notification by the University of Kerala said that the exams which were scheduled from September 3, 2019 will now commence from August 30, 2019.
Tharoor asked the University to also take into account the floods in Kerala and how that might have impacted preparation of the students. There were many students who expressed their gratitude to the MP as well but the trolls dominated the exchange on Twitter, expressing shock and disbelief to see Tharoor using the word "prepone".
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 20, 2019 12:09 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
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