In this Issue

Welcome to the 39th edition of MED Magazine, the webzine of the Macmillan Dictionaries resource site.

We bring you the last issue in the special World Cup series. This month you can continue extending your football vocabulary and improving your dictionary skills by downloading a pdf which also includes the three World Cup competition questions.

To find out how you can enter the competition to win a specially engraved Macmillan English Dictionary iPod Nano, go to this page.

Football is also the topic of the new word of the month column. This article brings you a selection of recent neologisms coined by football lovers and experts.

The language interference series continues with a fascinating article on Arabic and English. Expert Jeremy Bale also provides an account of the origins of Arabic and its influence on other languages.

The British and American culture series takes you on a tour of some of the most famous cities and landmarks in the UK and US.

The MED Web Watch this month reviews the features of Pseudodictionary, an online dictionary which you can add to yourself.

You can take a look at the content of previous editions of MED Magazine by either visiting the Back issues or by browsing the Index.

Would you like to tell us what you think about MED Magazine? You can do so by filling in and sending us this simple form. On the Letters to the editor page, you can read a selection of emails readers have sent us from around the globe.

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I wish you happy browsing for June and good luck with the World Cup competition!

Kati Sule
Editor