
Know your English | His speech was peppered with anecdotes Premium
The Hindu
A conversation about salty language and peppering questions with examples and explanations in informal contexts.
“You were supposed to have been here an hour ago!”
“I know! But our Society meeting went on longer than expected.”
“I forgot about that! Was there any of the usual shouting and screaming? Did any of…”
“Surprisingly no! One or two people, however, got salty with our President because…”
“They got salty with him? Did they abuse him? Did they call him names?”
“Of course, not! Why would they abuse the poor man? He’s doing…”
“Some time ago, you told me that one of the meanings of the word ‘salty’ is to use abusive language. We talk about salty language. I was shocked to hear the salty language that the old woman was using.”

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