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Shakespeare blamed for skin conditions’ stigma. A poxy idea?
It is the sort of headline that makes you do a double take: “Shakespeare accused of causing misery to people with skin conditions,”
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Mach and mascarpone: testing how vocabulary is gendered
A survey has shown an ‘awesomely sexist’ discrepancy between the English words understood by different genders (The Guardian Language blog)
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#BBCtrending: Is there a distinctive ‘Indian English’?
Is there a distinctive “Indian English”? Yes, according to a hashtag that’s been trending in the country – #IndianEnglish.
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Never mind the hyperbolics. Please can I have some less?
When writers overuse hyperbole, it’s not just the readers who suffer – it’s the language
