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Posted by Saskia Iseard on April 16, 2013
Last week, Michael Rundell talked in his blog post about how the music of The Beatles had an impact on the English language. The famous band from Liverpool mainly used common English words in their songs (words like you, I, me, sun, and love). Michael also writes that over 91% of the words on the [...]
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Posted by Saskia Iseard on March 05, 2013
Tomorrow sees the launch of an exciting new series – called Stories behind Words – here on Macmillan Dictionary Blog. In this series we’re asking teachers, authors, linguists, and anybody else who would like to contribute, to share a personal anecdote about a word (or phrase) they feel strongly about: a word that has a [...]
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Posted by Saskia Iseard on January 29, 2013
Our announcement at the end of last year, that we’ll no longer be printing dictionaries in favour of our online dictionary, generated a lot of conversation and speculation in the national and international press. Many of you celebrated our move from print to online, though some shared concerns about leaving the era of print behind. [...]
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Posted by Saskia Iseard on January 22, 2013
This is the moment you’ve all been waiting for. All votes for the Love English Awards 2012 have been counted and since the competition started in November we’ve received a whopping 18,236 votes from language enthusiasts all over the world. So, which blog and website are the most popular English language blog/website of 2012? The [...]
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Posted by Saskia Iseard on January 03, 2013
Nominations for the Love English Awards 2012 have now closed … but you can still vote! With just under three weeks to go, the Love English Awards have received a total of 68 nominations for Best Blog and Best Website. All blogs and websites have been nominated by members of the public for being informative, [...]
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Posted by Saskia Iseard on December 19, 2012
Love English Awards nominations close in 2 days! What would be a better Christmas present than receiving a Best Blog or Best Website nomination badge for your English Language site? That’s right, people, make sure that your favourite blog and website don’t miss out this year, and nominate them now to let them know that [...]
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Posted by Saskia Iseard on December 12, 2012
Have you nominated your favourite English language blog and website? Our Love English competition is now in its second week and we have received a whopping 46 nominations so far: 26 entries for best blog and 20 entries for best website, to be precise! So, which English language blog and website have caught people’s eyes? [...]
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