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05/10/2016

How many more are still 'lost'? And can profanity from the 15th and 16th century be 'up-cycled' for use in the digital age?

You might want to rethink describing the weather as a bit "nippy". New research by University of Exeter expert Dr Todd Gray MBE has uncovered some long-forgotten insults, combining them in a new swear word dictionary. Dr Gray read hundreds of slander cases heard in Devon courts between 1500 and 1650...

19/09/2016

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“If your week hasn't started how you'd hoped, some advice to help turn things around! ”

13/09/2016

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Erasmus is a cornerstone of the European Project. So, does Brexit mean Brexit?

Calls for Brexit minister David Davis to safeguard Erasmus programme, which allows students to study in EU for free for a year

12/09/2016

Thank goodness there were no Smartphones in our day... https://t.co/CZ6il4k0kl

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08/09/2016

Qualcuno di voi starà pensando “ma la stagione di calcio non era appena finita?”. Al pensiero che perderete il vostro partner, troppo preso dal pallone per i prossimi nove mesi, non lasciate che questa preoccupazione vi fermi dall’aprire questo link!

Certains de vous se demanderont sûrement “la saison de foot ne vient-elle de terminer?”. Si vous pensez que vous allez perdre votre copain, trop accro au foot, pour les 9 mois à suivre, ne laissez que cette peur vous empêche d’ouvrir ce lien!

The FC Barcelona U14B side gave a demonstration of how to behave in victory in the World Challenge Cup in Japan. In the final Sergi Milà's team won 1-0 again...

07/09/2016

Back in the day, we used to tell our students, 'yes, there is a rule for adjective order, however as a mother tongue speaker you just know because it "sounds right".' A machine translation really can make your ears hurt, just like 'a bad, big, horrible, tall monster' can...

06/09/2016

Should this article have been used as basis for eligibility for voting in the referendum, and would David, Boris, Michael, Theresa et al have passed? Would you?

How to properly refer to different portions of the rainy corner of northwest Europe.

01/09/2016

31/08/2016

Some of you may be thinking 'didn't the footy season just end?' in the realisation you will be losing your partner to the beautiful game for the next 9 months. Don't let let that thought keep you from checking out the link below ....

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24/06/2016

After what has just happened..... shame on all of us....

Countdown's Susie Dent explores the words of distrust for those beyond our borders...

01/06/2016

Trump finally blows his 'lid' with a little help from Alfred E. Neuman...it truly is a mad, mad, mad world we live in.....

27/05/2016

We came across this article and I had to laugh ( so as not to cry ), because it reminded me of a translation from a couple of months back. I spent a good four hours over two days trying to understand a word so that I could translate it. Unfortunately, whoever wrote the original tender document made the word up by joining three words together in a highly creative fashion...I would happily tell you what the word was but I did have to sign a non-disclosure agreement so, I can't....

Countdown's Susie Dent's latest column promises to contain some satisfying portmanteaux. You'll probsolutely love it.