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Revealed: what sexism in call centres can teach us about sexism in society
Although you are likely to have dealt with both male and female call centre agents, the fact is that 71% of workers in the global ... -
How do we respond to offence on social media? - Expert Opinion
Creating Facebook is a project run by Philip Seargeant and Caroline Tagg of The Open University’s Applied Linguistics and Literacies (ALL) Research Group. The pair collaborated ... -
Does poor spelling really mean Donald Trump isn’t fit to be president?
In the aftermath of a controversial clash of protests in Boston, Donald Trump sent out a tweet about the need to heal the nation – ... -
Trumpslation: why Donald Trump's words give translators so much trouble
Much has already been written on the difficulty that translators and interpreters have when translating Donald Trump’s speeches and messages into other languages. The president’s ... -
The language of call centres and why it can “offend the ears”
Most of us dread dealing with them, but call centres are hard to avoid as an increasingly widespread aspect of modern life. Now a new ... -
Truthiness and alternative facts: meaning is a moveable feast
Sales of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four have apparently surged since Kellyanne Conway introduced the phrase “alternative facts” into public discourse. For many, the term is ... -
The world's words of the year pass judgement on a dark, surreal 2016
Every December, lexicographers around the world choose their “words of the year”, and this year, perhaps more than ever, the stories these tell provide a ... -
The filter bubble isn't just Facebook's fault -- it's yours
Following the shock results of Brexit and the Trump victory, a lot of attention has focused on the role that Facebook might have played in ... -
Why English language lessons are not the answer to radicalisation
David Cameron used an article in The Times and an interview on Radio 4’s Today show to announce £20m of extra funding to provide English ... -
Star Wars: Talk like Yoda
How does Star Wars' Yoda structure a sentence? And how does it differ to the way we tend to speak in contemporary English? This one minute ...
