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Sep 16, 2020 · The team at the Business Insider UK office have compiled a list of the best British slang and idioms that define the weird and wonderful British dialect we grew up with.
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Feb 12, 2020 · Changes to the English language over the last 10 years. We can study language change using language corpora like the Cambridge English Corpus, which contain a large collection of texts gathered over many years. Here are 3 insights we found from the analysis of such data:
Sep 15, 2022 · Her Majesty's distinctive accent, delivered through public speeches, radio broadcasts, television, and then the Internet, provides a unique insight into how the world changed during her long reign...
Mar 16, 2021 · Has the English language changed over the last several years? Find out why and how English has changed and how the old English became the modern English. Languages are always changing, and English is no exception.
Dec 12, 2022 · As countries such as India, Nigeria, South Africa, Jamaica and Singapore adopted English as a language, they also adapted it – making significant changes to its pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, and giving rise to new varieties now collectively known as World Englishes.
Jun 22, 2021 · English, like all languages, is constantly evolving. In a recent blog post we took a look at extracts from David Crystal’s recent Cambridge books to examine the influence of Shakespeare on the English language.
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Sep 13, 2016 · Four times a year, a group of wordsmiths at the Oxford English Dictionary survey the evolving landscape of the English language to see what new words they should incorporate into what's been...
