Passing through some of the suburbs of Dublin on Hallowe’en Night, I was heartened to see a few bonfires burning.
Bonfire
TEFL
Write or Wrong
Have you ever wondered why some words like write and wrong begin with a silent W?
Of course you haven’t, but luckily for you, I have.
All Souls’ Day
Or if you prefer, The Day of the Dead. Which is today, because confusingly, yesterday was All Saints’ Day (AKA All Hallows’ Day). Both days are quite different though.
Puigdemont: a Pronunciation Guide
Another couple of weeks, another European leader whose name we need to figure out how to pronounce.
Don’t be Afraid…
Yes, it’s Hallowe’en again! Time to have a look at an appropriately spooky word. But first, a challenge:
A Touch of Diaeresis
Can you think of an English word, not borrowed from another language, that has an accent or other diacritic? (a diacritic is simply any glyph added to a letter: see here for examples).
Less or Fewer?
A pretty simple one today: this is something that many people are curious about. Both are clearly similar, but what’s the difference between them?
English-Language Thoughts 