Language

2018’s ‘Word Of The Year’ has been revealed

In fact, the full top ten of the most important words of the year are here for you to peruse and use more often. Every year, the Collins Dictionary’s lexicographers monitor the 4.5 billion-word Collins Corpus to create the annual list of new and notable words that reflect the culture of the world and people […]

In fact, the full top ten of the most important words of the year are here for you to peruse and use more often. Every year, the Collins Dictionary’s lexicographers monitor the 4.5 billion-word Collins Corpus to create the annual list of new and notable words that reflect the culture of the world and people […]

7 years ago

Using specific words can be a strong signifier that you’re highly stressed out

And they’re not the ones you’d expect.

8 years ago

Thousands of people – including Batman – attend Irish language rally march in Belfast

Around 12,000 people turned up in Belfast yesterday to attend a march in support for the introduction of an Irish Language Act. This act would give Gaeilge an equal status with English, and should the act be passed, Irish would then be used by public bodies, the courts, on street signs and in the Stormont […]

Around 12,000 people turned up in Belfast yesterday to attend a march in support for the introduction of an Irish Language Act. This act would give Gaeilge an equal status with English, and should the act be passed, Irish would then be used by public bodies, the courts, on street signs and in the Stormont […]

9 years ago

The Great Scone Map shows how people in different parts of Ireland pronounce ‘scone’ differently

Scone, or scone? As in rhymes with cone, or gone? There has been polls and votes and such over the years trying to get a general consensus, but apparently how you pronounce the word depends heavily on where you live. Did you even know there was a third way to pronounce it, that phonetically reads […]

Scone, or scone? As in rhymes with cone, or gone? There has been polls and votes and such over the years trying to get a general consensus, but apparently how you pronounce the word depends heavily on where you live. Did you even know there was a third way to pronounce it, that phonetically reads […]

9 years ago

You might never use these words that comprise the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year list

They’re all perfectly cromulent. All years are defined by political events, but 2016 will undoubtedly be remembered as a year that was unlike any other. Over the past 12 months, we’ve seen Britain voting to leave the EU, Trump’s electoral win in the US and an increasing threat to the stability of the EU as people […]

They’re all perfectly cromulent. All years are defined by political events, but 2016 will undoubtedly be remembered as a year that was unlike any other. Over the past 12 months, we’ve seen Britain voting to leave the EU, Trump’s electoral win in the US and an increasing threat to the stability of the EU as people […]

10 years ago

7 Irish phrases you’ll know even if you’re nowhere near fluent

An bhfuil fios agat na focla seo? The Irish have a love-hate relationship with the Irish language. This is probably due to a combination of being proud of our heritage and independence, while also resenting the way it was taught in schools and how hard the grammar is to understand. Even if you haven’t touched […]

An bhfuil fios agat na focla seo? The Irish have a love-hate relationship with the Irish language. This is probably due to a combination of being proud of our heritage and independence, while also resenting the way it was taught in schools and how hard the grammar is to understand. Even if you haven’t touched […]

10 years ago