Linguistic Sloppiness
Linguistic Sloppiness. As my regular readers will know, I am in love with languages, so I have noticed a strange shift in the BBC’s reporting. When I was a student of the USSR and Russian in the seventies, we talked…
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American versus English
American versus English I have had a hard week one way and another, but mostly because of the way different people have a different take on things or even life, I suppose. A lot of it has had to do…
Translation Service
At one time I was desperate for a speedy Spanish translation of some important documents. The Translation Service came up trumps!!!
Conventions In Writing
I am a writer. I have always loved words and writing. As such, I recognise Conventions In Writing, and try to adhere to them most of the time
Conventions
Conventions Sometimes, it seems that our lives are full of conventions. There are all sorts of them: social conventions; Star Trek Conventions; Conventions of Witches (and even witches’ conventions, I dare say); Writers’ Conventions; and writing conventions, which is what…
Language and Thought
Language and Thought It is clear that man invented language. The first grunts may have been warnings like: ‘Get off my stone, my bed or my spouse,’ and the first shrieks probably warned of danger, but as people are born…
‘i should of known’
‘i should of known’ I know that this period of time, August, is a time that is greatly concerned with education, since exam results are being released now in many countries. I hope that all pupils and students get better…
Pronunciation
Pronunciation I have formally studied six languages to fluency, taught myself another and am now learning Thai and Thai is hard enough for me! I perfectly understand how difficult pronunciation must be for most other students of it. However, I…