Posts Tagged ‘regional variation’
-
Posted by Kati Sule on January 05, 2010
It’s an all too familiar problem: which English should we teach our students? A few pointers from English language expert Professor David Crystal: You may also want to tune into this one if you’ve missed it earlier: Professor David Crystal on English as a Global Language
Read the full article
-
Posted by Sharon Creese on January 04, 2010
Right, I have a question for you – did you ‘Christmasize’ your house for the festive season? And did you correctly ‘ovenize’ the turkey before you put it on to cook? I ask, because in the aftermath of the cold-induced train-stuck-in-the-tunnel debacle, I heard an interview in which a representative of a certain train-company-that-shall-remain-nameless talked [...]
Read the full article -
Posted by Jonathan Cole on December 21, 2009
Below are links to some of our most popular posts of the year. Many of the posts still have ongoing conversations so don’t hesitate to leave a comment! Horrible Americanisms? Who decides what is “good” or “correct” English when the way it is spoken differs from country to country? Casting a spell on English. Stephen [...]
Read the full article -
Posted by Michael Rundell on November 30, 2009
One of our readers – Trauma Queen – made a good point about global Englishes when commenting on Sarah McKeown’s recent blog about the expression “I’m lovin’ it”. Her question: Who decides what is “good” or “correct” English when the way it is spoken differs from country to country? raises some tricky issues about the [...]
Read the full article -
Posted by Laine Redpath Cole on November 03, 2009
I wear pants and my daughter wears trousers. Ha! You see now, depending on where your familiarity lies you will have either me in my underwear or my daughter in a tweed three-piece suit with a monocle in her eye … sort of. Pants in BE (British English) = underwear. Pants in AE (American English) [...]
Read the full article -
Posted by Sarah McKeown on June 22, 2009
A couple of weeks ago I was reminded both of my north-east roots and sociolinguistic theory in quite an unexpected way. While pottering around the house one Saturday afternoon, I heard a knock at the door. Standing there, tracksuited and trainered, was a young lad of about 18 with a large sports bag. He launched [...]
Read the full article -
Posted by Michael Rundell on March 24, 2009
Cricket is the most quintessentially English game, but is famously incomprehensible to anyone who hasn’t been brought up with it. (The phrase in the title here makes perfect sense to an aficionado of the game but could easily be misinterpreted by anyone else.) George W. Bush – not the sharpest knife in the drawer – [...]
Read the full article
