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Language change and slang
Who You Calling Phobic?
Today, language is very often the crucible in which attitudes and subsequent policy are forged, and any side that ignores this fact suffers for it.
Words, books, dictionaries and language
The world’s first thesaurus of colour shades: What kind of yellow is an egg yolk?
If you don’t know your azure from your elbow, help may be at hand in the form of a “colour thesaurus” developed by writer and children’s book illustrator Ingrid Sundberg.
Can Trending Lookups Predict Election Results?
No. But they can tell us what people are talking about.
World Book Day
March 3rd is the occasion for book-related high jinks across the UK and Ireland. You can share the fun here and here.
Video
How to (really) speak like Shakespeare
Ben Crystal and actors from Passion in Practice explore how Shakespeare’s language should be spoken.
Stop press
2016 ACES National Grammar Day Tweeted Haiku
What nicer way to celebrate National Grammar Day than with a tweeted haiku?
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