A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's all perfectly clear to the native speaker.
A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's all perfectly clear to the native speaker.
AFTER the dust settled on the England World Cup bid fiasco, the overriding thought was why on earth were the Prime Minister, the future King of England and a supposed football superstar fawning over these people? The BBC TV Panorama programme and the Sunday Times newspaper are media institutions with a fearsome reputation for uncovering corruption at all levels of society. The fact that both these bodies have made serious allegations against some members of FIFA should surely have sent a message out to our Fab Three – ‘don’t touch the organisation with a barge pole.’
Whether we realise it or not, it turns out much of our common language originated in science - more specifically, in the oldest scientific journal in the world. If you've asked someone to take your photograph, been told you have a negative attitude or ordered your food wrapped in aluminium foil recently, then you can […]
A Philipism is something embarrassing that Prince Philip has said during his travels. Here are some of the best of them:- He told Indian businessman Atul Patel, 'There's a lot of your family in tonight,' at a 400-strong Buckingham Palace reception for British Indians in October 2009. Navy sea cadet instructor Elizabeth Rendle, 24, who […]
Every month I choose a photograph from Flickr to appear here. Hopefully something interesting and informative or just plain silly.
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fatPlease put a penny in the old man's hat;If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do,If you haven't got a ha'penny then God bless you!