The Cherryleaf Podcast

54. British English and American English with Prof. Lynne Murphy

Lynne Murphy, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex, talks to us about some of the differences between American and British English. We discuss her book "The Prodigal Tongue" and her blog "Separated by a Common Language". 
The Prodigal Tongue (US version)
The Prodigal Tongue (UK version)
Separated by a Common Language Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK
The Brigham Young University Corpus of Contemporary English
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53. User Experience (UX) with Zoe Rose

Zoe Rose talks to Ellis about User Experience (UX). 
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52. Should I join a professional body?

We look at the reasons why technical communicators join their professional bodies.
 
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Image taken at the Oceania exhibition, in the Royal Academy of Arts. 

51. The B word

What plans can UK software companies, technical writing companies, and freelance technical communicators make for 2019, in light of Brexit, which is currently scheduled to begin on the 29th March?
 
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50. The Mathspeak project

We talk to Tony Grice about the Mathspeak project. 
The Mathspeak project is a partnership between European educational practitioners and the creators of educational materials. Funded by the European Commission, the objective of the Mathspeak project is to produce a language learning resource for secondary school students. The learning materials will enable students to perform mathematics in a foreign language at the same level they do in their native language.
 
The Mathspeak project
 
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49. Should you specialise? Interview with Tom Johnson

Is there a trend toward specialisation, and is this driving up the value of technical knowledge instead of writing skills?
We talk to Tom Johnson, who is well known for his website idratherbewriting.com.
Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part I)
Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part II)
Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part III)
 
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48. Headless CMS - Interview with Simen Svale Skogsrud

We talk about Headless CMS with Simen Svale Skogsrud, Co-founder/CTO of Sanity.io.
How to deploy a transcription microservice demo video:
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47. Keep It Simple - Interview with Kirsty Taylor

We discuss various tips on how to keep your writing simple (and straightforward) for all audiences, but particularly when you are writing English content that will be translated, or consumed by non-native English speakers.
Kirsty Taylor is Manager, Product Internationalisation at RPM Global.
Kirsty's presentation was delivered at the Australian Society for Technical Communication (ASTC) annual conference in October, 2018.
You can see the slides at https://www.slideshare.net/kirstymtaylor/keep-it-simple-presentation-at-astc-october-2018
 
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46. Techcomm tools and trends with Matthew Ellison

Matthew Ellison joins us on the podcast to discuss technical communication tools and trends. 
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45. Review of the TCUK18 Conference

We look back on the TCUK18 Conference. 
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