There was a storm in a teacup on an online satirical news website earlier this month, over the spelling of three similarly-sounding words landed one writer in a huge pickle, and an editor having to explain things to him in a schoolteacherly way. T…
A man who read of a possible change in the way words in the English language are spelt, has told of how he dreamt up another similar scheme after spending yesterday afternoon listening to the Jamaican reggae poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson. A story on…
There was good news for those who experience difficulty in learning to read this week, when it was announced that an entirely new system of spelling the English language is to be introduced, developed by the ex-Slade frontman, Noddy Holder. Holder…
In a move that would have the former Commodores singer Lionel Richie spinning in his grave - if he were dead, which he isn't, one man has decided that, henceforth, he is not going to say the word "Hello" anymore. The reason is simple. "Overuse,…
An educational website that claimed it had an easy way for its readers to remember how to spell certain words has failed in its mission, after one man spotted a glaring error in its logic. Moys Kenwood, 57, wanted to check the spelling of the word…
Citing a legacy of colonial oppression, Yale University announced on Friday, that use of the English language will no longer be permitted on campus, effective July 1st. Other languages will also be affected. Spanish and French are right out. Due t...
The English language is a 'living language'; it grows, develops and changes. New words come into the language all the time, and are absorbed into it without so much as a blink of an eye. These include foreign words, and even slang words, or words...
An English teacher at a school in Bangkok has revealed how, during lessons with a particularly difficult and unresponsive young child, he became so thoroughly bored, that he regularly counted the number of windows in the condominium opposite. The...
Regular hospital patient and part time footballer, Andy Carroll, has re-joined his boyhood club, Newcastle, on a free transfer. Andy, who has spent the last 6 years swanning around London nightclubs, admits he can’t wait to get stuck in again at his...
A man who picked up an English/Khmer dictionary from a table, and randomly opened it, noticed a swear word at the top of the page that clean took his breath away. The unsavory incident happened at a school during break time, when the man saw the b...
A source uninvolved with education has said that learning to speak English, is the "easiest thing in the world", and he doesn't really know what all the fuss is about. Dave Clever, a plumber, said: "Learning English wasn't difficult, it was a p...
A school of mackerel, represented by their attorney, Donald Bass, has filed a claim for compensation from federal authorities on account of unfair exploitation within the English language. "It's a delicate issue," explained Bass. "My clients are b...
A children's memory game purchased in Bangkok but - crucially - made in China, contains a set of instructions that can only reasonably be described as 'bewildering' The game, Clever Friend by Dongba Toys, was bought at Tang Hua Seng by English tea...
A man in the Cambodian second-city of Battambang has reported that he became confused over the weekend , when he started thinking about the word 'millennium'. Moys Kenwood, 54, claims he has always had trouble with this word and other words which...
Grappling with Brexit in one English exam proved too much for more than 30,000 German school students, who are protesting in an online petition. About 31,000 students sat the English exam in the south-west German state of Baden-Württemberg but the pe...
NEW YORK CITY - English comedian Russell Brand appeared on The Viagra View with Regis Philbin and Larry King. Regis asked him what he thought about the controversial statement that FOX News reporter Megyn Kelly had made stating that Santa Claus is...
Prince Philip, the Queen of England's escort, has fallen into a secret cryogenic chamber a mile below California's Disneyland. Inspecting the pods where Sleeping Beauty and Walt Disney's head are stored "The Dook" was leaning over the safety barr...
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