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The Guardian (30/5/2014): A good pun is its own reword.

A good pun is its own reword From Battersea Flower Station to Blonde Dye Bleach, everyone wants to be punny. What’s your favourite? Jonathan Swift as portrayed on stage at the Edinburgh festival in 2012. The author of Gulliver’s Travels appreciated a good pun. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Samuel Johnson may have regarded puns as the…

May 30, 2014
The Economist: Tricky pronunciation, Spreek je Dutch? (30/5/2014)

WELKOM! The signs at the airport should be reassuring. Welcome to the Netherlands! What could be easier to figure out? Dutch has been rightly described as between German and English,

May 30, 2014
New issue of the Linguistics and Education Bulletin

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May 24, 2014
The Linguistics and Education Bulletin is out

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May 16, 2014
Who gets to graduate in the US? (NYT 15-5-2014)

Who Gets to Graduate? By PAUL TOUGHMAY 15, 2014 For as long as she could remember, Vanessa Brewer had her mind set on going to college. The image of herself as a college student appealed to her — independent, intelligent, a young woman full of potential — but it was more than that; it was…

May 15, 2014
Bad Grammar: rogue apostrophes and bizarre spelling in pictures

Bicycle stance: Spotted at the University of Edinburgh, the Pleasance. Apparently passersby must adopt a squat and hold their bent arms at shoulder level.

May 13, 2014

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