A normal functioning human sails blithely past errors in a text while understanding perfectly what it means. We see what it’s convenient to see Does Siri make us lazy? Does Facebook make us lonely? Does Twitter make us stupid? Will Google Glass make twitching, distracted Glassholes of us all? If you’ve read a magazine, listened…

There’s a good reason why Towie outshines its scripted reality rivals – the language. It’s well educational The reality TV show is an unlikely place to look for linguistic intrigue. Egocentricity requires very little diversity of diction; the only narrative is the first person and the only tone is audaciously brash to conceal the utter…