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Brilliant ad

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 19, 2015March 9, 2015
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Happy St Patrick’s Day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

  I had an Irish father, through whom I am an Irish citizen, I trained…

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UKIP faux pas – you have to love Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 26, 2015February 16, 2015

       

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Planes with no Row 13 and hotels with no Floor 13

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 30, 2014July 6, 2018

Planes AirFrance, Iberia, Ryanair, AirTran, Continental, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, and Alaska Airlines (but only…

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South African English

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 27, 2014December 7, 2014

CLASSIFICATION: Family: Indo-European Group: Germanic Subgroup: West Germanic VARIETIES: Black South African English, Indian English,…

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Vaguebooking

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 25, 2014December 7, 2014

And three examples, from Vaguebook.org  

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When Product Names Don’t Translate Well…

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 22, 2014December 7, 2014
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Lost in Translation Part 1

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 11, 2014December 7, 2014

English may be international, but it certainly is not multi-cultural, if these product names are…

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Poppy Day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 11, 2014November 7, 2014

From Wikipedia: Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day) is…

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The Union Jack

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 27, 2014September 10, 2014

‘The Union Jack’ is the popular name of the national flag of the United Kingdom.…

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