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A tree is something resembling a tree 2 Jun 2010 at 3:00pm Unlikely as it sounds, I recently got involved in a drunken discussion on the difference between a tree, a bush and a plant. I Googled 'tree' on my smartphone and one of the first definitions I came across was: Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consistin... I demand a recount 31 May 2010 at 3:28pm The Engine Room didn't make it into bab.la and Lexiophiles' list of the 'Top 100 Language Blogs 2010', but if you voted for us then thank you. Although the list is dominated by teaching and translation blogs (which usually hold no great interest for me), a few of my favourite blogs are present - i... What do you call it when... someone's visual identity is unknown? 27 May 2010 at 11:18am This query has been emailed into The Engine Room: Is there a word which means that a person's visual identity is unknown? For example, the West End Whingers are often referred to as "anonymous" as people don't know what they look like. However, they are not anonymous as they really are called... The bomb was placed in a taxi... twice 24 May 2010 at 1:00pm Nothing very exciting today - just a bit of image and caption duplication I spotted on BBC News a while back: I like capturing mistakes like these, not so I can feel smug, but because they are often corrected so quickly (especially on the BBC website). Somehow their ephemeral nature makes me ... Word of the day: crashworthiness 22 May 2010 at 4:02am During my time working on B2B transport mags and now websites, I've come across some interesting transport-related words. 'Crashworthiness' is one of my favourites. According to Wikipedia: Crashworthiness is the ability of a structure to protect its occupants during an impact. This is commonly tes... '50 odd people are being killed every single day' 19 May 2010 at 10:59am According to BBC News (or more accurately, Pretoria News crime reporter Graeme Hosken), 50 odd people are killed every day in South Africa. Sometimes it pays to be normal. Absinthe friends 17 May 2010 at 1:44pm Through Fuelmyblog I've had the chance to sample some absinthe from Absinthe-Shop. What's that got to do with language use and journalism? Well, I could mention the (tired) stereotype of hard-drinking journalists, or talk about the connection between absinthe and writers such as Arthur Rimbaud an... 'Gravadlax' 15 May 2010 at 6:45am Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson is a man of few words. One word, in fact - and that word is 'gravadlax'. I spotted this on the BBC homepage a few days ago. Yet more voting 13 May 2010 at 11:00am Last year The Engine Room took part in bab.la and Lexiophiles' 'Top 100 Language Blogs' competition, coming eighth in the 'Language Professionals' category and 45th overall. The 2010 competition is now under way and the blog is competing in the same category as before. User votes count for 50% of ... Gordon Brown's legacy 11 May 2010 at 11:05am BBC News has been running a story titled 'What is Gordon Brown's legacy?': Nothing, apparently.

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