When I was at college, suffering through a year of shite in order to become a librarian, we were introduced[1] to the world of classification, and language, keywords and descriptors. And...
There was was quite a bit of showjumping on the telly over the weekend. The BBC had some, and so did CNBC. But yer man who does the commentary on CNBC[1]...
Well just whack me upside the head why don’t you. Just noticed[1] that I had been calling Mish’s blog Penguin’s Rock! When of course the rock was not a stone that...
To u or not to u. An issue I have to deal with everyday as the vast majority of our databases are US-based and so lack that u, and insert a...
Was looking through the Times Literary Review earlier today at work and came across a review of The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin, edited by Christine Casey. Skimmed through it and read...
Especially if you are going to tattoo yourself with symbols you can’t read. Just take a look at Hanzi Smatter and you’ll see what I mean. This is also the reason...
I have been reading The Isles by Norman Davies. This is a history of the collection of European Islands which are often called the British Isles, or Britain and Ireland, or...
Open Democracy have an interesting few articles on language, and how many seem to have words that simply cannot be translated into other languages. It is actually surprising to think how...
ISBN: 014014305X I really enjoyed this book, an entertaining and humorous look at the origins of the English language, its various dialects and the roles other languages have played in giving...
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