Metaphors shape the way we think

Metaphors are all around you, and they might be the key to how humans manage to learn so quickly. They’re also exploited by advertisers, who can seed ideas because humans think associatively.

By |2016-12-14T15:55:21+10:00January 13th, 2016|Did you know, Linguistics, Marketing, Psychology|Comments Off on Metaphors shape the way we think

Indian English: Preponing the tiffin

India has a lot of languages—according to a 2001 census, there were 29 different languages in India that had at least a million native speakers each. The official language is Hindi—but English in India is a rich variant in its own right.

By |2017-09-13T22:18:44+10:00November 26th, 2015|Did you know, Etymology, Grammar, Linguistics|1 Comment

Australian English—where the bloody hell did it come from?

How do we explain the general homogeneity of the Australian accent (almost no variation in a country 30 times the size of Britain)? What is Australian English, anyway? (Is it more than just the accent?) This post explores these questions, and influences on Australian English—from colonial times to present day.

By |2017-05-19T08:20:32+10:00June 16th, 2015|Did you know, Etymology, Grammar, Linguistics|Comments Off on Australian English—where the bloody hell did it come from?
Go to Top