In the early decades of the century, regionalism was a strong element, particularly in the novel; and authors adopted language coloured by dialect, thus becoming identified with their region.
Having analysed output areas that lie (wholly or partially) within 200m radius of the tube station and Census aggregate data for the metric, O'Brien ended up with the below map: The circles overlaid on each tube station are coloured by the language most spoken (after English) by locals, with the area of the circle being proportional to the percentage of people speaking that language.
We no longer cruelly and imprecisely refer to someone who suffers from a spinal injury as a "cripple", or talk about "the coloureds"; sometimes the language journalists use evolves abruptly based on justified thoughtfulness, not some left-Orwellian plot to muddy the clear, conservative waters of truth.
The people of the cities developed new forms of urban speech, coloured by surrounding rural dialects, by foreign contacts, and by the written languages.
Twombly's response to this stimulus was, however, anything but academic, as he expressed himself with a radical language of highly coloured stains and energetic brushwork.
"These simple coloured engravings are indeed a language whose purpose is absolute beauty .According to Janice Katz, associate curator of Japanese art at the Art Insitute of Chicago, Wright favoured prints by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Japanese artist who emphasised environment over human structures.
Caregivers completed a basic demographic questionnaire at the enrollment visit, recording caregiver age, gender, ethnic and language background (black, "coloured" or white South African, primary language at home), relationship to child (biological mother/father/grandmother, extended family or other) and ART status.
This needs to be done using easily understandable language, possibly using coloured illustrations, figures and possibly the use of add-back audiovisual technology/web-links. Better patient understanding of the randomisation process and its significance to the robustness of the results is crucial if we are to stand a chance in improving recruitment and retention.
But where the language was once all coloured and clamouring, now it is stern and severe.
