Word of the Week…

Today we will be mostly looking at… Pukka! This word came to the notice of one of my colleagues this week and it was a new one for her. She wasn’t sure if it was a real word; if it was, if you like, pukka… The word pukka has Indian origins – in...

Seasonal untranslatables!

Continuing in our series of untranslatable words, we have found a few seasonable types… A wonderful word the Danes use is Hygge, describing a lovely calm, comfortable time with good friends or loved-ones – often involving food, drink, perhaps candlelight....

How to become a noun…

How do you become a noun? Easy – just invent something so utterly fabulous that it is named after you and becomes forever synonomous with your name! Or you could even just like something a lot. Merely a shadow before unpopular 18th-century French finance...