Is ‘Home Office’ Denglish?
For obvious reasons, I’ve been thinking about the term ‘Home Office’ recently. Everyone is working in Home Office. But did you know that, like the words ‘handy’ and ‘beamer’, these aren’t Leihwörter from English? Home...
Buzzword Bingo and Non-Native English Speakers
‘Let me nutshell that for you’, I read this morning. AAARRRRGHHHHHHHH For non-native English speakers who don’t know the expression, to ‘put it in a nutshell’ means to explain something in a concise way – to make it so small that it...
How Brexit can help German SMBs recruit a highly skilled English-speaking workforce
Did you know that around 80 000 Germans work in the UK? Many of these people have been there for decades, have steady jobs, homes and families in Britain. Some will stay in the UK after Brexit, apply for Settled Status or even for British Citizenship. Other Germans...
How to Optimise English Content Creation for your International B2B Blog
You’ve set up your new English B2B blog but before you begin, you need to take a moment to optimise your English content creation strategy. If you just start writing, you’ll end up with a mix of styles and topics. Blogs that don’t have a central...
