language and words in the news
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Posted by Michael Rundell on March 25, 2011
As a recent article in Britain’s Guardian newspaper noted, wars always give rise to new words, and the current conflict in Libya is no exception. The fashionable term of the moment is optics. Military experts and armchair generals come on the air to talk about the optics of the situation – by which they mean [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on March 18, 2011
This post contains a selection of links related to recent language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to [...]
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Posted by Macmillan Dictionary on March 17, 2011
Today is Saint Patrick’s Day and Macmillan Dictionary’s Word of the Day is craic, an informal term to describe a pleasant conversation or enjoyable time. The Irish holiday is named after St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and is celebrated worldwide. A quick glance at the Twitter hashtag #stpatricksday reveals that the most popular [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on March 04, 2011
4th March celebrates National Grammar Day and to join in on the fun, this regular weekly post this week contains a selection of links related to grammar. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on February 25, 2011
This post contains a selection of links related to recent language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on February 18, 2011
For a change, this week’s post brings you news around the topic of romantic English. Items come from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to submit a link [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on February 11, 2011
This post contains a selection of links related to recent language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to [...]
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Posted by Stan Carey on February 02, 2011
We’re really excited to have Stan Carey on our team. Stan will be blogging every week, paying special attention to global English and to the theme of the month. In his own words, Stan is a scientist and writer turned editor and swivel-chair linguist … which is perfect for us! You may already have met [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on January 21, 2011
This weekly post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to contact us if you would like to [...]
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Posted by Beth Penfold on January 20, 2011
Alay is a way of writing that allows you to use capital letters and numbers wherever you jolly well like in a word and it’s currently trending on Twitter. Alay started in Indonesia in about 2004; it seems that it has provided a root for a phenomenon that pervades many areas of popular culture, such as fashion [...]
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