Five centuries after they were written, the works of England's most famous playwright William Shakespeare have been brought up to date - making them understandable for the youth of today.

A cyberathlete might not suffer boomeritis as he or she is probably a digital native, but could be at risk of globesity, according to Australia's top dictionary.

A grammatical error in Indonesia's new 2008 tourism campaign - splashed across airplanes and television advertisements - is to be fixed, a tourism ministry official said Wednesday.

A selection of wild and wonderful news items from 2007, for your enjoyment.

Former England football boss Steve McClaren has at last won something, bagging the Plain English Campaign's "Foot in Mouth Award" for a priceless piece of sporting wisdom, the group said.

US President George W. Bush says "nuke-you-lar" not "nuclear," but on Tuesday (September 26) visitors to the United Nations Internet site could get a handy, abbreviated presidential pronunciation guide for other challenging words.

Campaigners for the English language on Thursday (September 13th) attacked a growing tendency for "obvious" public information posters, such as a police sign urging people: "Don't Commit Crime."

Seems like China isn't the only country having difficulty with the English language.

We've reported on the issue of hilarious English translations in China before.

It's a problem that the Chinese government is serious about overcoming before the Olympics next year.

Red-faced British officials in Hong Kong were seeking literate stone masons on May 2nd after repairs to colonial-era war graves resulted in a series of howling spelling errors.