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New lingua franca upsets French

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7844192.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7844192.stm

2009-01-23

language Globish French English

'Oldest English words' identified

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7911645.stm

Reading University researchers claim "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the most ancient, dating back tens of thousands of years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7911645.stm

2009-02-26

English linguistics history etymology

Are you going forward? Then stop now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7453584.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7453584.stm

2008-06-16

language English business writing

50 office-speak phrases you love to hate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7457287.stm

Management speak - don't you just hate it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7457287.stm

2008-06-16

language English business writing

Beijing stamps out poor English

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6052800.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6052800.stm

2006-10-15

language English

Beijing seeks to root out 'Chinglish'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2551117.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2551117.stm

2002-12-06

language English

Chinglish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinglish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinglish

language China English

The real sound of Shakespeare?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4694993.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4694993.stm

2005-07-19

language William Shakespeare English

The Very Best of British

http://www.effingpot.com/

The American's guide to speaking British.

http://www.effingpot.com/

language English UK

Merriam-Webster

http://www.m-w.com/

http://www.m-w.com/

dictionary English

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia English encyclopedia reference Wikipedia

The Complete Bushisms

http://www.slate.com/id/76886/

http://www.slate.com/id/76886/

USA George Bush quotations language English president fun

Sterling Books

http://www.sterlingbooks.be/

http://www.sterlingbooks.be/

bookshop Brussel English book

Why do we all use Qwerty keyboards?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10925456

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10925456

2010-08-11

Qwerty keyboard history stenography writing English

Adjectives

http://xkcd.com/798/

http://xkcd.com/798/

2010

statistics language adjective obscene English

Conservation warning over supply of Christmas mistletoe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11933118

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11933118

2010-12-07

mistletoe tradition English druid plant

Why do some Americanisms irritate people?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/14130942

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/14130942

2011-07-13

USA UK English language linguistics

'Retweet' and 'woot' make Oxford dictionary debut

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14588727

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14588727

2011-08-19

woot dictionary English technology neologism

The trench talk that is now entrenched in the English language

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9700432/The-trench-talk-that-is-now-entrenched-in-the-English-language.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9700432/The-trench-talk-that-is-now-entrenched-in-the-English-language.html

2012-11-25

language English history WWI etymology slang neologism trench