This Summer we have highlighted children’s books found in our Near and Far World Books collection (NFWB@UoP); which are translated from French to English, or are French language books, or bilingual books. Come in and borrow classics such as Tintin …
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Does vulgar language on television make leave you clutching your pearls? Have you longed for family entertainment where a friendly censor has snuffed out the naughty words people use? Are you still living in the past century? Good news! The Television Guardian is here to protect and serve. By decoding the captioning encoded in the television signal ahead of when it is played as audio, the Television Guardian would mute the sound before it got to the objectionable language and replace it with an altogether more acceptable alternative on-screen caption.
And the word of 2019 is… “climate emergency”. Well, we could have sworn that was two words but we’re not going to argue with the lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary! Accompanying heightened awareness of climate change and its impact …
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Since records began, poetry has formed part of our oral tradition, connecting ideas across continents, cultures, civilisations and generations. World Poetry Day, seeks to recognise the power of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind and to …
How well do you know your Indian English? English has spread far and wide and developed into a plethora of related languages collectively known as Panglish, a corruption of pan-English. In India, words are borrowed and adapted from native languages including Hindi …
Ever wanted to know where the British obsession with pies, cakes and idioms all sprang from? With this free guide you can learn it all and share it with your friends, so you really can have your proverbial cake and eat it!
What is the longest word in the dictionary? The key to clear English is usually to use the shortest, simplest, most common words to say what you want to say, and complexity is the enemy of clarity. Yet there are some …
Oxford Dictionaries announced the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji as their Word of the Year 2015. You can find out why, see the shortlisted words which didn’t quite make the cut, and watch their “Emojis in real life” video on the Oxford …
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I thought about splitting the infinitive in best Star Trek style, really I did, but pedant that I am I just could not bring myself to go there. Just a few decades ago that last sentence would have made no …
How exciting, June’s new word list from the Oxford English Dictionary includes ‘Yarn bomb’. Does this mean that yarn bombing is no longer rebellious, under-ground and subversive, brightening an often grey and beige cityscape with a riot of colour and texture? …
