Category Archives: Language

What is a trainer? A matter for the courts

Posted on 02/02/2018 by campaignerkate

I was George Laurence’s guest for lunch at the Middle Temple and the question was whether my footwear was suitable. Continue reading →

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Jellyfish have teeth?

Posted on 22/03/2016 by campaignerkate

Since when have jellyfish had teeth? Continue reading →

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Language in the making

Posted on 16/01/2015 by campaignerkate

Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Just as John Keats observed when he first read Chapman’s translation of Homer, so we are witnessing a new verb swim into our ken: … Continue reading →

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