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The space between words was invented by Irish monks in the 7th century.
Gigil: The new word in the dictionary for overwhelming cuteness bbc.com/news/articles/…
Realwords’ @leepg had a fascinating chat with the Royal British Legion’s new National President, Paul Bennett CB OBE. Read the full interview in the latest RBL magazine. @PoppyLegion indd.adobe.com/view/3e82b31e-…
Cor blimey, guv! #EastEnders is 40 today. Were you around for the first episode? For our latest blog post, Sarah Kovandzich recalls a few famous lines from the soap and investigates the origins of some intriguing Cockney phrases. realwords.co.uk/blog/2025/2/17… #EastEnders40
Say NO to boring conferences and company meetings! With a custom-made quiz from @RealwordsUK, you can boost team morale, impress clients, welcome new employees and have lots of fun. (If you’re lucky, you might even get to see my snazzy tie and jacket…) realwords.co.uk/office-corpora…
Worried that AI is coming for your writing job? Read my latest LinkedIn post: linkedin.com/posts/leegraha… realwords.co.uk
The #SixNations: Six oddball rugby phrases Read my latest blog post for @RealwordsUK: realwords.co.uk/blog/2025/1/31… And yes I was mad enough to start playing rugby in my 40s!
Last week I had a fab time hosting a bespoke quiz for Smart Energy GB at their Christmas party in Southwark. How ‘smart’ are the Smart Energy team? It turns out very! There’s still time to organise a festive quiz for your workplace. Hit me up and let’s get quizzing! 👍🎄
I’ve started writing "thanx" instead of "thanks" in emails as there just isn’t time 😧
These “hakers” really could do with some tips from my business, @RealwordsUK. Maybe tell me what the situation is before explaining how I can get out of it. I guess “Hello pervert” gives me a clue 😂
Yes, we do need apostrophes! Here’s why: realwords.co.uk/blog/2017/5/13… #YorkshireApostrophe
‘Yorkshire apostrophe’ row raises bigger question: do we even need them? dlvr.it/TBPPGn
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‘Yorkshire apostrophe’ row raises bigger question: do we even need them?
Yorkshire Dialect Society wants apology from council for anti-litter poster that should have read ‘Gerrit in t’bin’
“Who the hell would reserve a table in the name ‘Shit’,” I thought. And then I realised…
the swedish word for “end” or “done” being “slut” will never not be funny to me (in this case they were out of these cow balloons)
📣 New client alert! We’ve recently been working with Equals Consulting, based in central London: equalsconsulting.com/our-work. To help boost their construction-industry profile, we’ve supplied thought-leadership articles and supported new comms assets such as portfolios and CVs.
Casually teaching my class how to spell February correctly in their books... With the aid of @IRNBRU 😂
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