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Category Archives: Monday smiles
Monday smile – Craved cheese
When we think of theft, we may think of diamonds, or watches, or cars… but it seems that, according to a large-scale survey¹ carried out by the UK’s Center for Retail Research in 2011, it is actually cheese that “takes the biscuit”. 😉
Monday smile – Guide to ineffective presentations
Last week I went on a public speaking course, and was introduced to a wry video on ineffective presentations – in the form of the Ignite style (a further slimmed down form of Pecha Kucha).
You may squirm, or enjoy it, depending on your point of view!
Monday smile – The Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary
I mentioned this briefly about five years ago, but it is now definitely worth a Monday smile all of its own. 🙂
The Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary: an A to Z of those corporate gems.
Monday smile – Accro aux acronymes
A Monday smile in French today. Acronyms, acronyms and more acronyms. Enjoy! 🙂
Monday smile – Italenglish
Not sure whether today’s post is really a smile, because languages are precious things… Still, Annamaria Testa’s wit should certainly bring amusement to your Monday in this excellent talk on “itanglese” entitled “From Bello to biutiful: what’s going on with the Italian Language?“.
Testa is a publicity and communications expert and university professor, and the founder of #dilloinitaliano.
Monday smile – The Apostrophe Vigilante
A very British smile today. Ever been irritated by bad punctuation on signage? Then read on… 🙂
By night, an anonymous zealot is correcting “rogue apostrophes” on signs in the town of Bristol, England.
He has even invented an Apostrophiser to reach high places. 🙂
