The French translators’ organisation (the Société française des traducteurs, or SFT) recently asked me to write an article about the Scots language, the inspiration being Scotland’s independence referendum
“English 3.0”, a 20-minute video by documentary film-maker Joe Gilbert, “explores how the internet has influenced the way we communicate today and whether the changes
As you’re probably aware (you certainly will be if you live in Scotland or one of the other UK countries!), on 18 September people on
Do you listen to music while you’re working? I’d love to be able to, but sadly I can’t – my brain just doesn’t work that
Gary Muddyman of Conversis has written an interesting blog post – Is Britain becoming a nation of monoglots? – on the decline in language learning in
A week or two ago I heard a recording on Radio Scotland of Dawn Upshaw singing Baïlèro, one of the Songs from the Auvergne: a collection
…the phrase means: A person suited for one job may not be suited for another job. The practice of choosing the best person for a
The Scottish Government has just published the results of a poll to identify the nation’s favourite Scots word. The winner was “dreich”, which means “wet”,
Time for a poll, I think, what with David Cameron throwing the gatto among the piccioni with his planned referendum on membership of the European
Oh Lord, I’ve just discovered a brand that’s a perfect marriage of product names and GIGO. (A pure coincidence, I swear). I bring you GIGO underwear,