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English
Words, words, words
I love language and words, fascinated by their origin and original meaning and their metamorphosis into something else. Even though I am always correcting my children’s grammar, I love the way new styles of language come in, text-speak can be so original and creative, for example. Other languages also interest me and part of the […]
MoreYou’ve probably seen this directive before…
You’ve no doubt seen this before… it still makes me laugh! The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement […]
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Lois Elsden 