Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Discusses How Asian Weight Measurements entered the English Language

18 January 2018 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, : Dr Lisa Lim discusses how Asian weight measurements entered the English language, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“Measures of weight taken from Malay and Javanese and in wide use in East Asia were adopted by early European settlers and passed into English, giving the language caddy – a box for holding tea”

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2129495/asian-weight-measurements-leave-mark-english-language

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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Shares her Views on how Braille Remains a Boon to Visually Impaired Chinese Readers

5 January 2018 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, : Dr Lisa Lim shares her views on how Louis Braille’s 19th-century invention remains a boon to visually impaired Chinese readers, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“Grateful world celebrates blind Frenchman’s sophisticated and life-changing code”

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2126844/louis-brailles-19th-century-invention-remains-boon-visually

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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Talks About the Winter Solstice in China

22 December 2017 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, : Dr Lisa Lim talks about the winter solstice in China that is a time for family, harmony and lavish meals, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“The shortest day of the year – or longest night – is celebrated with dishes symbolising togetherness”

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2125269/winter-solstice-china-time-family-harmony-and-lavish-meals

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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Talks About Where the Cockatoo Got Its Name from

10 December 2017 (Sunday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, : Dr Lisa Lim talks about where the cockatoo got its name from, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“The name of the bird, one species of which is often spotted in Hong Kong, comes from Malay via Dutch”

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2123331/where-cockatoo-got-its-name-not-english-cock

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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Talks About Indian Words Enter Oxford English Dictionary

24 November 2017 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, : Dr Lisa Lim talks about Indian words enter Oxford English Dictionary, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“Do you know your annas from the your abbas, your bhindi from your gosht? Indian English words derived from a variety of subcontinent’s languages follow Chinese guanxi and Singaporean kiasu into official lexicon”

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2121293/indian-words-yoga-poses-menu-items-enter-oxford-english

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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Talks About Where the Word “Congee” Comes From

10 November 2017 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, : Dr Lisa Lim talks about where the word congee comes from, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“The dish is frequently associated with East Asian cuisine but the term originated in India – from the Tamil kanji”

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2119163/where-word-congee-comes-answer-may-surprise-you

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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Talks About Where English Took the Words “Tycoon” and “Honcho” from

27 October 2017 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, : Dr Lisa Lim talks about where English took the words “tycoon” and “honcho” from, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“Though one sounds Chinese, and the other Basque, these two terms for powerful people both entered the lexicon from Japan; one was subsequently used as a nickname for Abraham Lincoln”

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2117111/where-english-took-words-tycoon-and-honcho-you-may-be

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