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Very British phrases

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 23, 2018January 1, 2018

There are several words and phrases I use on social media without realising that they…

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Beautiful Eggcorn from the Daily Mail yesterday

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on May 1, 2017April 30, 2017

They had this beautiful example of an eggcorn in two different places in the Daily…

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To gird one’s loins

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 11, 2017January 29, 2017

Although I think if you did that nowadays, you would probably be arrested! Or fired!

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It’s SCAPEgoat, not ESCAPE goat!

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 20, 2016November 19, 2016

Although the way things are going, I will not be surprised if everyone is using…

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Why can English speakers no longer use their language properly?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on January 22, 2016January 25, 2016

There was an energetic discussion yesterday in one of the dog groups I frequent about…

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When language does not translate across cultures

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 29, 2015November 28, 2015

This hilarious fail from an Osaka department store in Japan was reported in various media…

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Expressions Shakespeare gave us

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 13, 2015October 19, 2015
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10 Clothing Idioms

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  • Posted on September 10, 2015August 18, 2015
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10 Number Idioms

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on August 24, 2015August 2, 2015
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10 animal-based comparative idioms

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  • Posted on August 20, 2015July 28, 2015
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