We weren't, but we want to thank The Tennessean for mentioning us!

If turkeys come from Mexico, why do we call them turkeys? Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, explains the source of this name in this video.

Happy Thanksgiving from P & L Translations.

Do you want to learn how to provide a global audience with a multi-lingual, culturally relevant experience without compromising quality or features? The American Marketing Association and Smartling are offering a webinar on translation for the global marketplace.

You will learn:

• How a multi-lingual web presence correlates to business success. 
• Best practices to prepare your digitial content for the global marketplace. 
• How PalTalk and MeetMe have expanded their global reach balancing the importance of quality translation with the need to launch quickly.

Register for the December 5th webinar here.

What changes would you like to make to English? Would you invent new words? Would you change the spelling of some words? Would you banish some words?

Robert Hughes shares his changes at the Oxford Dictionaries blog.