Monthly Archives: November 2011

The word of the year? 'Squeezed middle' says Oxford Dictionary

It's official:  the Oxford English Dictionary have declared 2011’s Word of the Year to be 'Squeezed middle'. The term was originally coined by the Labour leader, Ed Miliband. This...

READ MORE | 24 Nov 2011

Vous, les femmes !

Surely, this must be a first on British TV, a foreign language comedy show with sub-titles. Women! (Vous, les femmes), a sketch show in French and produced in France is currently screening on Fridays...

READ MORE | 16 Nov 2011

British invasion?

Nice piece on Language Johnson, an Economist blog dedicated to language use, on the recent influx of  'Britishisms' into American English. Apparently, 'kerfuffle', 'snog', 'nick' and 'c...

READ MORE | 15 Nov 2011

European Ventures Seek to Fill a Void in World News

Stumbled on this fascinating article in the New York Times about three new news services, Worldcrunch, European Daily and Presseurop which take articles from leading European newspapers and trans...

READ MORE | 3 Nov 2011