Ruth A. Symes

Ruth A. Symes

Published: Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader’s Quarterly Spring, 2007

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It seemed somewhat trite to be opening E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India on my first flight to the subcontinent¹. Nothing could more obviously have given away the fact that I knew virtually nothing about the place to which I was headed. Read the rest of this entry »

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1 subcontinent
Definitions

1. a large landmass smaller than a continent
2. a major subdivision of a continent <the Indian subcontinent>

Pronounciation: ˌsəb-ˈkän-tə-nənt, -ˈkänt-nənt
Function: noun
Date: 1863

Recent work includes [but is not limited to]:

‘A Passage to India,’ Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader’s Quarterly¹, Spring 07

‘I Capture the Castle²,’ Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader’s Quarterly, [forthcoming]

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1 Quarterly
Definitions

1. in heraldic quarters or quarterings
2. at 3-month intervals

Pronounciation: ˈkwȯ(r)-tər-lē
Function: adverb
Date: 14th century
2 Castle
Definitions

1. a large fortified building or set of buildings
2. a massive or imposing house
3. a retreat safe against intrusion or invasion
4. rook

Pronounciation: ˈka-səl
Function: noun
Date: before 12th century
Etymology: Middle English castel, from Old English, from Old French & Latin; Old French dialect (Norman-Picard) castel, from Latin castellum fortress, diminutive of castrum fortified place; perhaps akin to Latin castrare to castrate