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Hot off the press: our thoughts on what's happening in the world of brand language and business writing. Warning: may contain the occasional rant.

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Shocking behaviour

In a city like ours, there’s always someone from the office out doing something fun, quirky, interesting, different. And there’s always someone (or a few of us) wishing they’d known about it too.

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What's in a hometown name?

That’s a question Douglas Adams and John Lloyd explored in their book, The Meaning of Liff, in 1983.

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We can work it out

We’ve been writing our very own style guide here at Writer HQ. We’ve had some arguments.

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Good news is good news

I saw a nice little article in the Evening Standard last night. A good news story, tucked in between less good news about trains and tubes.

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Operations don't kill people. People do.

'The US has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden'.

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Master of light bulbs

If you haven’t been yet, I highly recommend Gabriel Orozco at Tate Modern. It features a word-heavy installation he’s done, called Obituaries, that I was quite taken by.

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The world’s number two post

There are some things in life that nobody likes to talk about. Going to the toilet is one of them.

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Best. Post. Ever.

There’s a stylistic writing thing that’s doing the rounds on Facebook, Twitter, et al, that I love. It’s this: Three. Single. Words.

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Weltschmerz

Kevin Barry, one of the best of a new crop of young Irish writers, had a piece in The Observer this weekend about a house he’s just moved into.

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Sing when you’re winning

I was listening to the radio the other day and accidentally stumbled across some young people’s music, in the shape of Eminem and Rihanna’s duet Love the way you lie.

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Six word TV

This month’s six word story challenge on Twitter was TV series. Not everyone told us the show they were aiming for, so we might’ve made some errors.

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Words of mouth

Have you always wanted to know what the most commonly used English words are?

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Cut to the chase

David Cameron has become a bit weary of the language of axe-wielding, budget-chopping government, and has decided on a change of direction.

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Say it loud

You live in Bath. It’s four in the morning. You’re stumbling home after many too many. And you hear the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse commanding you to prepare yourself for the end.

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Anyone heard of linguistics? Anyone?

Last week, a few of us Writer types past and present sashayed along to a debate at the British Library called The Language Wars.

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Size matters

Or so the saying goes. But when it comes to words about size, it’s the little one that counts. Big. You could say it’s the big daddy of size words.

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In praise of a satisfying clunk

I have a new favourite bit of my day. Let’s say I’ve taken a Boris bike from my house in leafy Kennington to The Writer in The Borough.

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Six word horrors

Last month we asked our Twitter followers to tell us their favourite 19th century novels, but in six words. This month we’ve turned to horror movies. And here are some of the results:

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Kids these days

Here’s a prediction from The Sun (via The Guardian):

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New year's language resolutions

We’ve been thinking up new year’s language resolutions. Nick’s going to talk more street, Anelia’s going to ditch ellipses and Tara’s going to learn French.