Spammer in the Works
There’s usually at least one in your junk folder that has come in overnight – the spam email. Today the offer was ‘stress free staff...
Double Decimation
A recent quote on the news from a fire fighter saying that, due to cuts, the service would be “decimated by twenty percent”.
Is the Manual Typewriter Coming in from the Cold
On a recent Jeremy Vine radio show, the possibility of spies using manual typewriters was discussed because it is a more secure method...
Quick Transcription Tip
A letter in the Radio Times pointed out that a recent article in the magazine contained an error. This turned out to be because the...
BBC gets its it's in a twist again
Two mistakes in one go, really. Headline for report on Breakfast programme this morning on situation in Ukraine contained an it’s when...
I Am The One In Ten
The word decimate means to destroy one tenth, but its use in the news and particularly natural history programmes gives the impression...