COUNTDOWN co-presenter Susie Dent is heading to Wirral as part of her latest tour. The show's 'Queen of Dictionary Corner' for more than 30 years, she has what is described as 'an incredible knack for ...

COUNTDOWN'S Queen of Dictionary Corner Susie Dent is set to pay a visit to Wrexham. She is bringing her new tour 'Word Perfect' to Wrexham's William Aston Hall on August 23.

Columnist and author June Casagrande ponders singular vs. plural nouns, plus the nagging questions behind subject-verb ...

Teaching Aussie slang and idioms Reasons and resources for celebrating Australia’s wonderful words in the classroom.

A series of Scottish words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update. More than 10 new Scottish entries have been recorded in the newest version of the dictionary. On ...

The Oxford English Dictionary is hoaching with new Scottish words - with beamer, bummer and tattie scone among 13 new entries.

'No, we shouldn’t just Google it': John Walsh laments the death of the reference book Sales of reference books are sinking fast as we turn online for the answers to life's big – and small ...

Ten Welsh words have been added to the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, it has been announced. The OED is updated quarterly with new words, senses and revisions to entries, to ...