Canny Linguist

Friday, 5 November 2010

It ain’t what you say…


Christopher Howse writes in the Daily Telegraph about how the shifting usage of the English language defines class and culture.

On that theme, who can forget this classic advert for Heineken which was a brilliant spoof of the memorable scene from Pygmalion?

Posted by Canny Linguist at 18:08
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