Linguistic fun
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“The English have for centuries been a mystery to the peoples of other countries, and failure to solve this mystery has led the stranger to use all sorts of epithets.” In June 1945 this sentence began the dictation passage in an exam paper for the Certificate in Proficiency in English. Around then my father, a…
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A blog about experts, language and metaphors, inspired by a billboard seen in South East London near the Elephant and Castle proclaiming ‘Elephant dentist struck off’. No connection with actual elephants or dentists.