Tag Archives: Language

What would your txt msg templates be?

Posted on 2 November 2007 by Nic Price

These are the text message (SMS) templates that came with my phone: I am late. I will be there at I’m at home. Please call I’m at work. Please call I’m in a meeting, call me later at I will … Continue reading →

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So… going forward

Posted on 2 November 2007 by Nic Price

I’ve noticed two expressions being used more and more these days, mostly in a work context. First, the use of the word “So” to begin an answer to a question. This seems particularly rife amongst presenters on the conference circuit. … Continue reading →

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Never can say goodbye

Posted on 26 October 2007 by Nic Price

Have you noticed that on the radio very few, if any, presenters and guests say “goodbye” at the end of an interview or phone call? More often than not they say “thank you” instead. I was just wondering if this … Continue reading →

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To have this conversation in Welsh please press 7

Posted on 19 October 2007 by Nic Price

I’m on the phone to a well-known supplier of outsourced services… “Please listen carefully to the following options…” There are 7 options, but they don’t tell you how many there are going to be. I’m not quite sure if what … Continue reading →

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Automatic accents

Posted on 24 September 2007 by Nic Price

Do you have a lift at work? Does it have a male or female voice? Who decided that? Does a lift in Belfast have a different accent to a lift in Manchester, Falmouth or Glasgow? Should the automated announcements on … Continue reading →

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For the record

Posted on 7 January 2006 by Nic Price

A search for a definition of the currently much- (some say over-) used word mashup takes you to this wikipedia disambiguation page (i.e. it has more than one meaning) which then leads to the following: Mashup (music) redirects you to … Continue reading →

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Work-life blur

Posted on 4 July 2005 by Nic Price

3 things that cross over between my work and my life: A desire to understand how things work. (What goes on under the bonnet? What do they feel like to use? What’s the story behind the design?) Using technology to … Continue reading →

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What’s in a wiki?

Posted on 20 May 2005 by Nic Price

The life of a wikipedia page on the subject of the Heavy Metal Umlaut, brilliantly captured and explained in a screencast (animation of screens with voice-over commentary). Via: podbat See also: wikipedia

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You are here

Posted on 11 May 2005 by Nic Price

Yes, but how did I get here? Yesterday I went to the Design Museum in London with some friends from work to see the design of information exhibition “YOU ARE HERE” (now in its last week). It was full of … Continue reading →

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The wood for the trees

Posted on 5 May 2005 by Nic Price

In the park the other day with my son when he asked if we could walk to the swings through the forest. So I was just wondering… What’s the difference between a wood and a forest? And when does a … Continue reading →

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