English
Arts & Culture
I don’t think that word means what you think it means
Words change their meaning over time, but it can be hard to keep up, especially when some words evolve to mean the opposite of their original definition
Arts & Culture
The power of the pun
Love them or hate them, puns have been around for centuries and still endure today. But what is it about the pun that has ensured their persistence? Because sometimes they’re not that funny
Education
Go Figure
Why are Australians linguistically lost?
In the 1960s, the structured teaching of English grammar was taken off the Australian curriculum, so many of us left school without knowledge of it. But it’s being phased back in, and that’s going to help a lot of students as the world gets
Education
Move over Shakespeare – what students can learn from studying videogames
Are videogames the missing element in the English curriculum?