Have we lost our love for the printed word?

With the rise of social media and the internet meaning there is rarely any need to wait more than a second or two to retrieve information, it’s no wonder that print media is sometimes a little left out. However, there’s still a certain charm to the written word on a physical page that for many […]

Colloquial language or genericide?

Have you ever watched an American sitcom and heard them refer to a Xerox machine and thought, hang on, that’s a photocopier?! It’s not just a differentiation between American English and British English; it comes down to brand names becoming products, or, in other words, generic trademarks. And we have them in the UK too! […]