Wednesday, 1 September 2010

Monday, 23 August 2010

The language of Starbucks


There's a nice language-related article on the BBC about the language of ordering in coffee shops and Starbucks in particular.
Click here .....

Friday, 30 July 2010

The Famous Five for the 21st C.


housemistress = teacher
awful swotter = bookworm
tinker = traveller
(etc, etc)

The language in the Famous Five books is being updated so that today's children can understand them.

A jolly shame or a bally good thing?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/23/enid-blyton-famous-five-makeover

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Buzz words


Denture Venturer is a great new term. Click here to go to the whole article to find out what it means and how to use it.

Sunday, 13 June 2010

The World Cup


In this video from the University of Nottingham's website you can watch a rather eccentric-looking professor explainng why he believes the world cup cannot possibly be made of solid gold.

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Volcanic language learning quiz

Business Spotlight - up to date as always - has written an article (with vocabulary help) follwed by a related language quiz.
Click here