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Development of English
Posted by: Jessica Swales
08 / 06 / 17
The ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji. Whether you love it or scorn it, you’re probably familiar with its ecstatic expression. You might even know that this symbol was crowned the Oxford Dictionaries Word (yes, word) of the Year 2015 – and is still the most popular emoji used today. But is it appropriate to […]
Posted by: Catie Holdridge
24 / 09 / 09
The latest version of the Collins English Dictionary has just been published, with some interesting new additions, including ‘iPlayer, ‘mankini’ (after Borat’s legendary garment), and ‘Twitter’. The words that officially enter the language no doubt reflect the influences and preoccupations of our times. So, after looking over this year’s new entries, I couldn’t help but […]
23 / 09 / 09
When you consider the concept of inventions, anything from the wheel to the iPod might spring to mind. You’re probably less likely to think of a word, particularly not one you may take so completely for granted as ‘hello’. Yet it is believed to be just that – the invention of Thomas Edison. He is […]
18 / 02 / 09
Last Thursday marked the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin: an event that did not go uncelebrated at Emphasis HQ. And even as we hung the streamers and tied up the balloons we were silently thanking the birthday boy for explaining the opposable thumbs that allowed us to do it. I mean, of course, his theory […]
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