The ethos of 50 years ago was that there was one kind of English that was right and everything else was wrong; one kind of access that was right and everything else was inferior. Then nobody touched language for two generations. When it gradually came back in, we didn't want to go back to what we did in the 1950s. There's a new kind of ethos now.
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What turns teenagers on more than the Internet these days? If you can get a language out there, the youngsters are much more likely to think it's cool.
タグ: think, internet, you, cool
'Spell it Out' rose to be number 4 on the best-selling Amazon chart - ahead of 'Fifty Shades of Grey!' Who ever would have thought that spelling would one day beat sex - even if it was for only a few hours!
タグ: ahead, rose, sex, day
It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to be sorted out, and it proved to be a major project.
タグ: project, three, together, words
Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.
タグ: up, about, writing, language
It hasn't been a problem with Ben, I think we worked together very well, we don't have rows.
タグ: well, problem, think, together
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