Site picks
- Once we hated business jargon… Back in the day, Plain Text railed against corporatese like everyone else…
- …but now we've changed our minds. It’s quite useful really, in its proper place. Why resist?
Great writing picks
- The Register The godfathers of gonzo tech journalism.
- John Naughton When he comments, you know it matters.
Author Archives: Paul N
The Downing Street verb: “To Kofi”
You might not have been Tangoed, but have you been Kofied?
Texting slang improves literacy – official (again)
The publication today of new research claiming that child text addicts have high levels of literacy may surprise some parents. But not those who read the report last year, or the year before that, or the year before that.
Hopes for the Cornish language
New language lessons for Cornish toddlers begin this month
Bad language in Scotland
You almost certainly know three words of the Scots language. But 85 per cent of Scottish people claim to use much more of the language when socialising
The end of the church – lost in translation
The Times letter that tells why the church gave way to a congregation
To alight – right verb, ugly use
When did you last say "alight"?
To be platformed – train grammar horror
First Great Western create new horror verb
Succinct summaries
Murder case summary puts it nicely
The age of understatement
How heart-warming to hear a politician underselling his achievements.
Media training lessons evade army chief