by Bill Dommett | Nov 14, 2019 | Blog
Colour and dimensionsEveryone is aware of the three dimensions of space – length, width (or depth) and height, which are typically expressed in graphs as three mutually perpendicular axes – x, y and z, representing relative positions involving movement from side to...
by Bill Dommett | Nov 14, 2019 | Blog
Diacritical marks and special lettersAlthough each of these three languages use what is called the Latin alphabet, French and German use diacritical marks on certain letters to change the sound of the letter and one extra letter, so they have a slightly enlarged...
by Bill Dommett | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog
Phonetic language vs natural languages The international phonetic alphabet has been designed to cover all of the sounds in all of the languages spoken by humans in the world. It consists of many symbols, each of which uniquely represents one and only one sound, so...
by Bill Dommett | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog
Every Picture Tells a Story … Stories for children … All books for very young children have pictures – drawings, paintings & photos. They also have words, which the adults read to the children. The pictures help to tell the story and the children...
by Bill Dommett | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog
A Way with Words … Prehistory … In prehistoric times, there would have been only speech and no writing or reading. Speech itself would have been very basic, probably starting with only vague grunt-like sounds, accompanied by much gesturing and waving of...
by Bill Dommett | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog
Need for graphicsPresentations, reports, lectures, articles, club reports, assignments, theses and similar items can be very boring if they consist only of words with no graphic display material. This can even be true when overhead transparencies in a lecture or...