1. Babylon by Viktor Pelevin
(Matching tags: post-communism,futurism,language)

Rumor has it that in Moscow samizdat copies of Viktor Pelevin's galley proofs are passed around in the clubs. The only other writer like that I know of is Irvine Welsh, whose review copies command hundreds ...

2. Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
(Matching tags: grammar,language,English)

We use them every time we type a sentence or phrase our words but how often are we made aware of the importance of punctuation?

3. Developing Information
(Matching tags: communications,language,information)

(or how to say everything and nothing at the same time)

4. Globalization Bites the Wax Tadpole
(Matching tags: language,communication,advertising)

Most of us have heard about how Coca-Cola pulled a massive boo-boo when it launched a campaign in China which translated the soft drink's name literally into: 'Bite the wax tadpole' or the even more mouth-watering, ...

5. English is a crazy language...
(Matching tags: English,language,communication)

For example...