ThisGreatWorld™, The Threats to “English”. What are the threats to ‘English’. Probably the biggest threat comes from people who deliberately give a new meaning to a word or phrase. The whole concept of George Orwell’s ‘1984’ with a usage denoted as ‘NewSpeak’.   more »

ThisGreatWorld™, The English Language – 3. My favourite words, phrases, quotes or excerpts etc: Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun;   more »

ThisGreatWorld™, The name comes from an acronym of Christian names; Thomas, Terrence, Tamara, Tabitha, Tanya, Tessa, Terry, Theresa, Tim, Titus, Tina, Toby, Tom, Tony, Tracey, Trevor,   more »

So why celebrate ‘English’. ‘English’, is a unique phenomenon. So how did it come about? What caused it to become what it now is? Personally I love the diversity, the richness of our society and I love the freedom of speech, the freedom to criticise, the freedom to have your own opinions.   more »