Dominic Hinkins Minute Taking & Transcription Services

04/10/2017

Every profession has its in-group ways of using language, but not every profession requires native speakers of many different languages to communicate with each other every day.

23/01/2017

How does man really communicate with his best friend? An investigation into the way in which dogs understand human words.

23/12/2016

01/10/2016

Happy Lincolnshire Day!

19/09/2016

If you’re unsure as to whether you still qualify as a “young person”, let me offer a simple test which should give you your answer. We are at a momentous moment in the history of the full stop. David Crystal  If you sent a quick, informational text right now, spelling out a date or time …

03/09/2016

The -ee suffix is typically added to a verb to form a noun denoting a person who is affected by the action expressed by the verb.

08/06/2016

I often just rewrite the sentence.

10/05/2016

Have you ever ounged your parents? Splawdered until you're Arrad, or been frit when you've encountered frim folk? Then the chances are that you're from Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire dialect is...

20/04/2016

When it comes to pronunciation, there’s always something to argue about. Here’s more grist for the argument mill.

18/04/2016

The linguistic legacy of Rudyard Kipling is apparent from the more than 2500 quotations from his works that appear in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

09/04/2016

Argot sits in the forbidden corners of language, where creativity thrives, shrouded by a cloak of linguistic abandon

07/04/2016

People in the UK are routinely amused and bemused by French-speakers' hyper-sensitivity to language matters.