Lunchtime links

What I’m reading at lunchtime today…

‘Oldest English words’ identified
A research project at Reading University that analyses how words have developed, and which are likely to get less use in the future.

‘Most unfortunate names’ revealed
A study has revealed that some people in the UK have particularly unfortunate names.

The slow death of handwriting
Is handwriting dying out?  Are we writing less with pens and paper and ever more with computers?  Probably…

 

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Graham Tappenden is a British ex-pat who first came to Germany as a placement student in 1993, returning in 1995 to live there permanently. He has been writing for AllThingsGerman.net since 2006. When not writing blog posts or freelancing for the Oberurseler Woche and other publications he works as a self-employed IT consultant solving computer problems and designing websites. In 2016 he gained German citizenship.

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