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Non-English! How did we get here?

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:August 13, 2024

“Former YouTube chief and Silicon Valley pioneer Susan Wojcicki died Friday at 56, after a two-year battle with non-small cell lung cancer.” I’ve just read this in a non-frivolous newsletter put together…

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Read more about the article See the scissors of the sub-editor
Content is king

See the scissors of the sub-editor

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:March 31, 2021

Where cash was once king, no-one wants to transact with hard currency, banks charge a fortune for handling the dirty lucre and it’s certainly not safe to be walking around…

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Read more about the article Best thing since sliced bread: how idioms are formed

Best thing since sliced bread: how idioms are formed

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:January 9, 2020

Last week, I decided I was tired of egg and toast for breakfast, so I ate muesli for five days. This week I ran out of bread and it would…

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Read more about the article Money in my salad: slang in language
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Money in my salad: slang in language

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:March 22, 2019

This week while working on a copy assignment for a bank, I looked up other words that mean money.  I was surprised by what Google returned. In addition to a…

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