Hard times bring new words
The New York Times has published an interesting article on the new words and terms being used by Europe’s citizens as a result of the
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Words that set our teeth on edge
I had a Twitter conversation recently with Ashleigh Grange of Plush Text Communications and Janine Libbey of P & L Translations about words we dislike. Ashleigh’s language bugbear of
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