language – Who Are We Project

Making of A Stitch in Time, A la cama no te irás sin saber una cosa más

June 8, 2018

Little did the Spanish teacher featuring in this video know that as she was teaching others around the table about the Spanish saying that proclaims that every day is an...

Making of A Stitch in Time, Grinning like a Cheshire cat

June 8, 2018

The connection between Cheshire cheese and the cheesy grin of Alice in Wonderland’s Cheshire cat may be hard to establish but it helps to provide a local account of the...

Making of A Stitch in Time, Dead as a Dodo

June 8, 2018

The survival of sayings seems to go beyond the extinction of elements mentioned in the sayings themselves. ‘Dead as a dodo’ is still commonly used to refer to lifeless beings,...

Making of A Stitch in Time, The river always reaches the sea

May 26, 2018

Sayings say more than the words may suggest. Over time and through repetition a saying becomes a rich tapestry, woven from and for the social fabric of particular peoples, coloured...