The two meanings of ‘British’
Map stencil of Britain Originally uploaded by adrian, acediscovery Nationalists and Unionists have been having a curious little spat for the last couple of days. I think it started with Ed Miliband...
View ArticleNew word needed: Englandic
Two Flags (2012), by Miss GG by Katy Stoddard, on Flickr. Andrew Lilico has written a piece on Conservative Home about his confused sense of identity and about his independence angst: I am a Scots...
View ArticleClose your eyes and think of England!
bunting as far as the eye can see… by Scorpions and Centaurs, on Flickr.It’s become customary for Better Together supporters to prefix their attempts at talking down Scotland with the words “I’m a...
View ArticleThe different meanings of ‘Unionist’
English Dictionaries by John Keogh, on Flickr. Less than ten years ago, the Collins English Dictionary listed only the following senses of the word ‘Unionist’ (with a capital letter): (before 1920) a...
View ArticleScotland and language technology
I spent Thursday afternoon in Copenhagen where the Danish Language Council was launching a report about language technologies and how to make them available in Danish. The main point was that when...
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