I wish people would stop using the word 'cyberspace'.I'm looking at you, Jeremy Paxman.

The Dutch commentator of the semi finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens just made a classic slip of the tongue. Introducing Bulgaria's backing singer he says: 'He sings from his underpants. Um... that should be underbelly. And in his spare time, he's a transvestite.' Armenia, Bulgaria, Andorra, Belarus... all fantastically ...

Ever wonder why salmon is called 'sake', as in 'Nigiri sake', and the rice wine (that's really a beer) you drink with it is called 'sake' too? Apparently the Japanese language is just rife with homophones. 'Kiki', for example, means 'chrysanthemum', 'to be effective' and 'to listen to'. It's complex. But there's ...

Vicky Pollard just commented on a 2001 entry about Jamie Oliver: 1. annonimous says: hi Jamie me and my friends have nothing against you but we HATE THE NEW SCHOOL DINNERS!!!!!!!! We understand you think its healthy but you could give us a bit more nicer food i mean its our parents ...

Fabulous. Someone's started a 'Dunglish' weblog. The Dutch are known for and pride themselves on their command of the English language, but they're a lot less good at it than they think they are. (Have you ever heard Dutch politicians speak English? Jaw droppingly bad.) Their need to show off their ...