How many Native English words (Anglo-Saxon) still exist today?
It is a relatively well-known statistic that some 70% of current English is derived from...
08 March, 2021
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Learn a language through Netflix … really?
Our recent obsession with binge-TV viewing reflects the current situation of home confinement we find...
15 January, 2021
How is Europe coping in the post-lockdown world?
The past month has seen European countries attempt to adapt to new ways of living...
14 October, 2020
Taboo Language – should it be excluded?
Does taboo language have a place in the dictionary? Is it right to include words...
28 August, 2020
“Nowt so queer as… language”. Reclamation of the word ‘queer’.
Language is perpetually changing its meaning as different connotations, different levels of appropriateness and new...
21 July, 2020
Covid-19: the biggest translation challenge since records began
Covid-19 has impacted the way things are done across virtually every industry, and it represents...
09 June, 2020
A new version of the English Bible? The Jamaican New Testament
Setting the scene The King James Bible has recently been translated from English into Jamaican patois,...
18 May, 2020
The evolution of language: where did the alphabet come from?
The alphabet has likely been ingrained in your brain since a young age, as it...
17 April, 2020
Losing a language – do we need to preserve endangered languages?
UNESCO raised urgent awareness about the loss of indigenous languages at the end of 2019,...
27 February, 2020
Lost in Translation: Language Translation Blunders
With 200 million translations a day, there’s no denying people rely on Google Translate and...
15 January, 2020
How languages rewire your brain
We already know language is fascinating, but did you realise it alters the shape of...
09 December, 2019
Ze vs They: what’s this new language all about?
Language is constantly evolving to find the simplest way; new words get added to the...
22 November, 2019