How did you get your surname?
Do you know how you got your surname? It is regarded as a tradition for women to take their husband’s…
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Stop thinking about it and get going!
In the spirit of ‘Linguists Anonymous’, I am Felicity Jones, 45, and I am mildly addicted to learning other languages….
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Happy Burns Night!
‘Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat and we can…
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Why Russian? Why not?
Lucy was our first ever winner of the Junior Language Challenge and at age 23 has now chosen to take…
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Are you learning an endangered language?
We’re now into the third week of our uTalk Challenge! Over 350 people are taking part and over 40 languages…
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How to keep New Year’s resolutions
We’re well settled into the new year and we’re all full of hopes and dreams for the next 12 months…
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What’s in a name?
Welcome to my family! My Grandma’s called Minnie, and my Granddad’s called Jack. Except, they’re not really. Because, in English,…
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#uTalkChallenge – how did we do in week 1?
So, we’re a week into the uTalk Challenge… Thank you to everyone who’s thrown themselves so enthusiastically into learning a…
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Learning Latin with Harry Potter
Just before Christmas, I helped our language producer record Latin, which will be coming to uTalk later in the year….
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4 reasons to learn a language this New Year
I don’t know about you, but I love New Year’s Eve. Not because of all the parties (twelve months ago I…