Tag: English

Ouch! Stung by my own spelling bee

I knew this would happen – the minute I blog about spelling, I make a spelling mistake on Twitter. The tweet was about creative and

Spelling bees in my bonnet (1)

I work with language, so it goes without saying (I hope) that I care about spelling. That said, I don’t think texting heralds the death

Spelling “speling”

This morning’s “Call Kaye” programme on BBC Radio Scotland featured an interview with Richard Lawrence Wade, whose “Free Speling” campaign aims to help English “break

And the one millionth English word is…

… “Web 2.0”, according to The Global Language Monitor, which uses statistical techniques to document, analyse and track trends in language the world over, with

One million words (well, nearly)

Writing in today’s Telegraph, Simon Winchester celebrates the joys of English, “our truly global language”, which should soon number 1 million words. Here’s his eye-witness

Absquatulating snollygosters: the week in politics?

No, don’t worry – I’m not about to turn this blog political (well, maybe just a little bit). The political reference is because I’ve discovered