British Vs American – Please Can You Translate?
Every language has certain words and expressions that defy simple translation in other languages. So have dialects. English has no…
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Origins – Not To Be Confused With Horses
Equestrian is someone on a horse (as pedestrian is someone on foot); an equestrienne is a woman on a horse…
The Spread Of English
The various dialects of English differ from the standard language in rough proportion to how long they have had a…
The Sources Of New Words
Completely new words are very rare – through from time to time some do arise. One example of a word…
The Structure of Nursery Rhymes
Here are some familiar nursery rhymes in an unfamiliar guise – as if composed by a poet who lacked the…
Origins – The Heart
Cardiologist combines Greek kardia, heart, and logos, science. The speciality is cardiology, the adjective cardiological. So a cardiac condition refers…
Latin Influences On Old English
From the Anglo-Saxon period down to the 17th and 18th centuries, Latin, as well as being the language of church…
The Last Hundred Years – New Industries
The great changes in the world over the last century or so have brought a further flood of new words…