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Category Archives: Language
Motivational bullshit……………………….
Very occasionally you come across something that stops you in your tracks and makes you howl with laughter, because it sums up beautifully your own thoughts on the topic. I have read so much bullshit over the years about motivation, … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Management, psychologists, Psychology
Tagged cynicism, motivational bullshit, posters, psychology joke
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It’s English, but not as you know it…………….. “ay up me duck”
In my many visits to Lithuania I have had discussions with both friends and professional colleagues about visiting the UK and the first thing they usually say is “I am going to London.” I then have to explain that London … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Glasgow, Humour, Language
Tagged Angelina Jolie, ay up me duck, Dialect, English Language, regional dialects, regions
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The CV lottery…………………..
Young people may spend hours preparing their CV for employers to pore over, but research shows that just 8.8 seconds is spent studying any one person’s curriculum vitae in a process that has become “Tinderised”. According to the UK’s youth … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Employability, Language, Psychology, Society
Tagged CV mistakes, Employers, National Citizen Service, Poor CVs, skim reading, Young people
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The scandal of providing translation services in the UK …………..
A little while ago I wrote that I had been sent a letter by the NHS and that on the reverse the message had been translated into 15 languages. Given the financial state of the NHS at the moment I … Continue reading
Cartoon that sums up the situation in Paris beautifully………………….
Posted in History, Humour, Islam, Language
Tagged cartoonists, Charlie Hebdo, Islamic terror, Paris murders, right to insult
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The National Health Service, a national treasure but also one of staggering wastage!
Since its launch in 1948, the NHS has grown to become the world’s largest publicly funded health service. It is also one of the most efficient, egalitarian and comprehensive. The NHS was born out of a long-held ideal that good … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Culture, Discrimination, Education, Equality, Health and Wellbeing, Language, Lithuania, Society, Students
Tagged abuse of system, core skill, costly, language learning, NHS, translators, when in Rome
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Motivation…………..I think not!
Doesn’t the above “motivational poster” want to make you wretch…………..or is it just me that has an antagonism towards crass and self serving statements?
Posted in Culture, Employability, Language, Management
Tagged arrogant, crass, Management, motivational statements, wretched
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Ah, the wonderful world of psychology…………………
Politicians use gestures to strengthen the delivery of speeches, while many people shrug or move their hands wildly to make a point. Now, scientists have shown that gesticulating while talking is part of language and affects how the meaning of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Language, Psychology
Tagged body language, gesticulation, non verbal, prosody, psychology of speech
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Bletchley Park and the unsung “Codebreakers” of World War 2
On a recent short holiday break in Oxfordshire I decided to take in a visit to Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, which was the central site of the United Kingdom’s Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) during the Second … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Germany, History, Language, Politics, Psychology, Society
Tagged Alan Turing, Axis powers, Bletchley Park, codebreakers, Enigma machine, mathematical models
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