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Language and words in the news – 25th November, 2011

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 12:00

My colleague Finn Kirkland has mentioned his problems with the word serviette. I have a battered copy of the Concise Oxford Dictionary dating back to the 1920s, which includes this entry: serviette n. (vulg.) table-napkin Note the ‘vulg.’ label (short for ‘vulgar’). The dictionary’s Introduction explains: “This qualification implies that the...



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Language and words in the news – 25th November, 2011

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 11/25/2011 - 12:00

My colleague Finn Kirkland has mentioned his problems with the word serviette. I have a battered copy of the Concise Oxford Dictionary dating back to the 1920s, which includes this entry: serviette n. (vulg.) table-napkin Note the ‘vulg.’ label (short for ‘vulgar’). The dictionary’s Introduction explains: “This qualification implies that the...



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Open Dictionary word of the day: gisting

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:04

gisting (noun) looking for the main idea or most important point in a written or spoken text Although the translations were served quickly and in all the language pairs that Google Translate offers, some of the formatting and page layout got lost. But if your purpose is gisting, this feature appears to be ideal. (Submitted [...]



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Open Dictionary word of the day: gisting

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:04

After a short break, the weekly round-up post returns with a selection of links related to recent language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language change, education in general, and language learning and teaching in particular. Feel free to [...]



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Open Dictionary word of the day: gisting

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:04

This week’s ‘language in new media’ post is a short radio interview (2:31 min) and news article about Shakespeare and how doctors can learn from his plays. A retired doctor, Dr Kenneth Heaton, argues that reading the Bard’s works could help physicians with finding the links between emotion and illness: Shakespeare ‘could help doctors...



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Open Dictionary word of the day: gisting

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:04

My colleague Finn Kirkland [link] has mentioned his problems with the word serviette. I have a battered copy of the Concise Oxford Dictionary dating back to the 1920s, which includes this entry: serviette n. (vulg.) table-napkin Note the ‘vulg.’ label (short for ‘vulgar’). The dictionary’s Introduction explains: This qualification implies that the...



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Open Dictionary word of the day: gisting

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:04

This week’s ‘language in new media’ post is a short radio interview (2:31 min) and news article about Shakespeare and how doctors can learn from his plays. A retired doctor, Dr Kenneth Heaton, argues that reading the Bard’s works could help physicians with finding the links between emotion and illness: Shakespeare ‘could help doctors...



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Open Dictionary word of the day: gisting

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:04

This week’s ‘language in new media’ post is a short radio interview (2:31 min) and news article about Shakespeare and how doctors can learn from his plays. A retired doctor, Dr Kenneth Heaton, argues that reading the Bard’s works could help physicians with finding the links between emotion and illness: Shakespeare ‘could help doctors...



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Open Dictionary word of the day: gisting

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:04

This week’s ‘language in new media’ post is a short radio interview (2:31 min) and news article about Shakespeare and how doctors can learn from his plays. A retired doctor, Dr Kenneth Heaton, argues that reading the Bard’s works could help physicians with finding the links between emotion and illness: Shakespeare ‘could help doctors...



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Open Dictionary word of the day: gisting

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 12:04

This week’s ‘language in new media’ post is a short radio interview (2:31 min) and news article about Shakespeare and how doctors can learn from his plays. A retired doctor, Dr Kenneth Heaton, argues that reading the Bard’s works could help physicians with finding the links between emotion and illness: Shakespeare ‘could help doctors...



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