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Clarissa Dickson Wright; 1947-2014

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  • Posted on March 22, 2014August 8, 2014

British cookery gets a bad rap, at least here in the States it does.  We…

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Everyday Grammar Fails

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  • Posted on March 11, 2014May 17, 2014

Every single day I see the following errors in English: Stationery, as in paper and…

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Oh I miss surfer-speak

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  • Posted on January 10, 2014January 9, 2014
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What your coffee says about you

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  • Posted on October 16, 2013September 30, 2013
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The history of The Middle Finger – or not?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 5, 2013September 25, 2013

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed…

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Lost in Translation Part 2

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  • Posted on August 30, 2013August 15, 2013

Another example of how language can be international but not always multicultural. The same word…

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Given Putin’s anti-gay stance, perhaps his elite Omoh squad……

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on August 22, 2013September 2, 2013

….. should stay away from mirrors.

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Swedish sex and sin

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  • Posted on August 2, 2013August 3, 2013

Lars Ohly, the former leader of the Swedish Left Party, posted a photograph of his…

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Viral photograph

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  • Posted on July 11, 2013July 11, 2013

This is the only time I have ever actually seen something go viral. On the…

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How the supermarket tricks you into spending more

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  • Posted on June 15, 2013June 13, 2013

There’s a reason your mother told you to make a grocery list and stick to it.Every…

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