Words from South Asia for the Cricket World Cup
Howzat! During this month and a goodly part of November, legions of cricket fans worldwide will be watching matches in … Continued
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Turkish delights: Turkish words in Collins English Dictionary
Turkish delight Look up the word Turkish in the Collins Dictionary and you’ll encounter several compounds that hint at the
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Beer and skittles: beer-related words and phrases
Friday 4 August marks International Beer Day. Started in 2007, the Day honours the people who make and serve beer
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Yorkshire Day: celebrating Yorkshire words and Yorkshireness
The first of August is Yorkshire Day, established in 1975 and designed to encourage Yorkshire people to celebrate Yorkshire’s unique
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The sizzling vocabulary of the summer barbecue
It’s the middle of summer, and whether you spell it as barbecue, or barbeque or BBQ or Bar-B-Q, or simply
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Words from Wimbledon
From 11 a.m. this 3 July 2023, the thwack of racquets thrashing tennis balls to oblivion will echo and resound
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National Picnic Week
Who doesn’t love a picnic? Eating is one of life’s great pleasures, second only to being outdoors and in contact
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The Coronation: God Save King Charles!
As mentioned in my coronation post earlier this week, the coronation ceremony is hallowed by time. Edgar was the earliest
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The Coronation: God Save the King!
On 6 May 2023 Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor will be crowned King Charles III in a coronation ceremony dating
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