Tag: Language

  • Fun

    I am fascinated by the way in which usage has the power to change language. Now I am old it is very noticeable how the English language has changed since my childhood. France has an institute whose only purpose is to preserve the French language as if it can be held in time and is […]

  • Language

    Very much enjoyed watching Simon Schama’s History of Now on television recently. Realised it truly was my ‘now’ as well. I had lived through the Falklands War, the Russian tanks rolling into Wenceslas Square in Prague, the Berlin Wall going up…and down and the 1964 Civil Rights Act in the USA. Amazing, now, to have […]