The Journal
Language and Literature
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Peter Carey Tipped To Take Literary Hat Trick
According to the Man Booker Prize website, ‘The Man Booker International Prize recognises one writer for their achievement in fiction.’ Arrgh! Bizarre that such a horrible gramatical blunder should be sticking out on the front page…
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The New Kindle 2 Looks Good
But this could be better. An app to enable you to read e-books on your smartphone. The positives are that if you have a smartphone you don’t need another device – saving space in your pocket…
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Nyuh Zuhlunders Spuk Funny, eh?
I am a native New Zealander myself. Coming back to NZ this time I was struck by the difficulty I was having in understanding ordinary speech. New Zealanders are inclined to drop the fina consonan of…
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Fox to Take Over Narnia Series
Let’s hope they do a better job than Disney did with Prince Caspian. Disney cited ‘budgetary issues’ as one of their reasons for not continuing the series. Prince Caspian earned $420 million, compared with $745 million for…
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At the End of the Day
… and when the rubber hits the road, cliches should be avoided like the plague…
