Posts Tagged ‘ English language ’

Giving up the EU Jargon

August 3, 2009
By Stephen
Giving up the EU Jargon

Image by arellis49 via Flickr As I mentioned in my Monday’s link post I have more to say on EU Jargon. I am going to try and give up using it and tla‘s (three letter acronyms) for the duration of the Lisbon Treaty Campaign on the blog. Why? Cause it explains nothing! Only people in the know understand the terminology and the acronyms, which won’t work with the people who I am trying to convince who have no ideas...

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ALF Training: Culture, Identity and Dialogue

July 30, 2009
By Stephen
ALF Training: Culture, Identity and Dialogue

I arrived back in Cork today after spending Monday to Wednesday at the Anna Lindh Foundation Blogger Training for Intercultural Dialogue in Luxembourg. It was a fantastic event with 18 bloggers from 17 countries from across the Euromed region, It was an amazing experience. Not only did I learn about places I didnt know much about (Magreb and Middle East) but I also learned alot about myself and how I and others perceive me. It really opened my mind...

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