by Carrie Terry | Oct 25, 2024 | Blog
To err is human. And to forgive is divine. Don’t worry, you haven’t landed on the wrong page! I’m not going to digress with self-help therapy spiel or a treatise on the inevitability of human fallibility. In fact, I’m going to talk about ‘er’. It’s an innocuous...
by Carrie Terry | Nov 16, 2023 | Blog
Some strange folks believe the world is flat and that aliens abduct earthlings on a regular basis. But there are equally bizarre convictions lurking far closer to home in the self-help section of your local bookshop. A surprising number of guides to public speaking...
by Carrie Terry | Sep 16, 2022 | Blog
Do you like a bit of tautology? Most of us do, either consciously or not, or so it seems by the amount of repetition or redundant words that we use in the course of our daily lives. How many times have you said, “It is what it is”, or talked about “over...
by Carrie Terry | Jan 31, 2022 | Blog
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t…” (Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll) In a ‘post-truth’ world, like Alice in Wonderland, we might all be forgiven for...
by Carrie Terry | Nov 1, 2021 | Blog
As a pronunciation coach, I’m often approached by native speakers who are convinced that they need to ‘lose’ their regional accent because it’s holding them back either socially or vocationally. This presents me with a bit of quandary and shines a light on our...
