A blog based on exerpts from the book About the English by Annie Harrison, that takes an irreverent romp across the nation’s character, poking fun at the way the English live, speak, eat and amuse themselves. To be published January 2012.
There are as many, if not more regional accents in the UK than there are in the US. The history of the English language is quite interesting once you start to dig.
UK billions aren't always the same as US billions. When billions are used in the UK, they often mean what the Americans would call trillions. It's important to get clarification on which billion they're actually using in figures because they still use both!
''Fifty years from now,'' [Major] said, ''Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and pool fillers and – as George Orwell s
The Apple iPhone 4S launched in October 2011 with its voice recognition innovation feature Siri. Siri allows users to operate the device with voice commands to create text messages, emails, notes, reminders, searches and make calls.
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