In this Issue

Welcome to the 57th edition of MED Magazine, the free webzine of the Macmillan Dictionaries resource site!

This issue is jammed full of interesting articles about the English language, including the first in a brand new series.

If you’re interested in the way different words can be employed to evoke different emotional reactions, then our new series – Boo & Hooray Words – will be right up your street.

How many words do you think a learner needs to know, to perform well in English? Find out in our Feature article.

In the MED profile, we talk to retiring Dictionaries Publishing Director Sue Bale.

MED Web Watch reviews a website full of fun and games, and the Book Review focuses on some of the weird and wonderful words that pepper the English language, in The Wonder of Whiffling.

We’ve had more queries from readers keen to develop their linguistic skills; read about them in the Your Questions Answered column.

If you would like to browse the content of earlier issues of MED Magazine, visit the Back Issues and Index pages.

To read a selection of emails readers have sent us from around the world, visit the Letters to the Editor page.

And don’t forget . . .
One of the exciting new features of Macmillan Online Dictionary is a section called mPulse, which includes a multi-authored blog on all sorts of language-related topics. So if MED Magazine just isn’t enough for you, why not stop by and take a look?

Sharon Creese
Editor