It is just pure 'accentism'! I know that people have attitudes to certain accents but why just because I may occasionally replace a 't'...

You have to admit that Rudolph is famous but 'wolf'? Being as it is near to Christmas I thought that I would have a quick delve into the...

Ok, so what do I mean by mutual intelligibility? The simple answer is that everyone who speaks, in this case British English, would be...

I know! Usually the question is where do elephants go to die? That does of course concern me but I do not want to think about it, instead...

Thinking about overt prestige is not really something that you would consider in a blog! It is not exactly the correct form which is...

Just looking at past questions for the jolly old creative blog on the A level English language paper and this one does not appeal at all:...

Biased language refers to words or phrases which are prejudiced, offensive and hurtful. In this case I am looking at bias against women....

So what is linguistic prescriptivism or prescriptive grammar? The answer in short is the rules of a language or more importantly whether...

I like to think that I do not change my speech when on the phone but in reality I probably do make some slight alterations depending on...

'Much Ado About Nothing' is just that but there a few class lines between the 2 main protagonists. Benedick is a soldier and a true man...

Something my nan always used to say to me. The next part of course is 'may break your bones but words will never hurt you'. Well actually...

I think we deal with pathetic fallacy a little differently than in countries where there is constant steaming sunshine and limited chilly...

Let's start with the basics. Alliteration is supposed to focus readers' attention and create rhythm and mood. A really useful device,...

Still obsessed with learning to read and trying to track the important tools. Thinking to way back when before the time we probably had a...

This mornings ramblings are all about how we learn to read. I was looking at the theorist Chall and her suggested stages of reading...

Let me explain. False friends are words that appear in more than one language but have a completely different meaning. As you can imagine...

One of my favourite days of the week, slap bang in the middle, Wednesday! But what were they thinking? Why is the first 'd' there?...