No, that’s not what I meant
No, that's not what I meant One of the biggest challenges faced by children preparing for their eleven-plus is learning a wide enough vocabulary so they're not left high and dry in the…
What The Two Ronnies taught me about passing the 11+
If you're new to the eleven-plus you might think the questions those fiendish examiners set are usually quite similar each year. It only takes a little digging through the data, however, to realise…
Common English words from other languages
Whilst some languages and cultures are very focused on keeping the words they use 'pure' or 'original' (France and Japan for example) the English language has always been a melting point of mixtures…
Curious English Surname Pronunciations, A guide to
The English language contains a variety of rules around spelling, and just when children think they're getting to grips with those, they happen upon something even weirder, surname pronunciations. Take, for example, the…
What’s the collective noun for : 2023
What's the collective noun for... There are very many collective nouns, or to use their more correct name, nouns of assemblage, that are used to describe specific groups of animals. Some of them…