Posts Tagged ‘regional variation’
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Posted by Michael Rundell on December 30, 2011
One of the best things I learned this year (from my friend Sylviane Granger) was that a lot of teachers use our blog as a source of inspiration for lessons and assignments for their students. But this isn’t really surprising, when you look at the huge range of material contributed by so many great writers. [...]
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Posted by Dawn Nell on November 17, 2010
Today we (re)introduce Dawn Nell, the second in a series of guest bloggers who are contributing to this blog over a two-week period. The first of their posts is on the subject of ‘Global English’, and the second will look at the ways that you (users) search Macmillan Dictionary. Dawn, who has written for this [...]
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Posted by Jesse Karjalainen on September 02, 2010
Our first guest blog in Australian English month comes from Jesse Karjalainen about the similarities and differences between Australian and British and American English. Australian Jesse Karjalainen lives in the UK and works as a writer and editor. He also edits the online English-usage website www.whichenglish.com. ____________ The Australian accent is famous the world over [...]
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Posted by Laine Redpath Cole on September 01, 2010
G’day mates and good on us: we’ve made it to Strine month, fair go! OK, OK, I know Australians are not comic strip characters who walk around in cork hats and thongs, dodging kangaroos and shouting rounds … I have, in fact, been to Australia once and have been mistaken for an Australian (being South [...]
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Posted by Gauri on August 31, 2010
Today is the final day of Indian English and we have one final guest blog for you, from Gauri, a linguist and polyglot in the USA. Gauri writes as Litterateuse at her blog, 42, and tweets as @gau3. If you liked this guest post, you might like her post on Indian English here. ________ As [...]
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Posted by Haresh Pandya on August 30, 2010
We close Indian English month with a final guest post from Haresh Pandya. Haresh is a freelance journalist and teaches English in a college in Gujarat in India. ______________________ English has been used in strange ways by certain sets of Indians – not just the less-than-literate – since time immemorial. It is either because of [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on August 26, 2010
A short video in which Professor David Crystal discusses Indian English: The video has been prepared for Global, Macmillan’s new course for adult learners of English.
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Posted by Haresh Pandya on August 23, 2010
Once more, we turn to Haresh Pandya for insight into Indian English. Haresh is a freelance journalist and teaches English in a college in Gujarat in India. ______________________ Gujarat is one of the many Indian states where English survives against the odds in the 21st century. There seems no end to the debate over whether [...]
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Posted by Amodini Sharma on August 17, 2010
Indian English month continues with a guest post from freelance writer, blogger and movie critic Amodini Sharma. ________________________ The many dialects of Indian English are as varied as the country itself. In my own family, there’s my Punjabi uncle who will ignore verbs, and vowel sounds will disappear down his throat never to be heard [...]
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Posted by Haresh Pandya on August 13, 2010
Haresh Pandya is a freelance journalist and teaches English in a college in Gujarat in India. _________ Of all nations, India can boast of having the richest and most diverse literature. This is not a recent phenomenon. It has been so since time immemorial – long before the written word came into existence. The tribe [...]
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