I used the term ‘nought’ the other day in conversation with a non-native English speaker, and the person looked at me nonplussed*. This got me thinking about how many ways there are to express the idea of zero, or nothing, in English, which prompted this blog post. Zero, zilch, » Read More
Sleep Synonyms in Honour of World Sleep Day
It’s World Sleep Day today and in its honour we’ve been trying to think of as many different ways of saying ‘sleep’ or ‘fall asleep’ as possible. Judging from the number of sleep synonyms we found, us English speakers must surely love our sleep! doze (off) nap power » Read More
English Slang – All 6.7kgs of It!
Do you have a wish list of books you’d like to own? In the reference section, you definitely need a few dictionaries. They have a sort of comforting sturdiness about them. Well, slangophiles (I’m pretty certain that’s not an actual word), here’s one dictionary you’ll definitely want on your » Read More