Given its many complexities, the Eurozone disaster has been a big challenge for the media. But broadcasters and the popular press generally deserve credit for their coverage of the tortuous financial crisis and why it matters to us all. Predictably one or two newspapers have taken it as an opportunity for “Kraut-bashing” and there’s been [...]
The language now arriving…
June 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Just as the creation of the railway system changed 19th century society, so railway-speak is threatening to undermine our 21st-century language. As brilliantly outlined by the Guardian’s style guide editor David Marsh today, the language inflicted on rail travellers bears little relation either to common sense or common usage. What, for example, is a “station [...]
Pronunciation wars
October 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
There’s an entertaining little story doing the rounds today about how we pronounce words. Is it “says” as in “fez” or “says” as in “ways”? “Ate” as in “weight” or “ate” as in “bet”? The debate is related to a British Library project to discover how we speak. It’s prompted a lot of feedback from [...]
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