COMMENT | So now, we can start debating on the word “premier”, which must surely be the most searched term among Sarawakians over this past week, at least.

For media practitioners like me, we have always used “premier” interchangeably for “prime minister” and that is what it is - the noun for premier is prime minister.

Let me state that for the past four decades of using English in my profession, and with no intention to mock the Queen’s lingo, a premier clearly denotes “prime minister”. Don’t we all still trust the good, old dictionary?

Its adjective means...