Adopt A Word.

Everyone has a favourite word. Yes, you do. A word which you like using all of the time, either because you like saying it, spelling it, writing it, and often because you can't stop yourself (though it's true some of these words are more colourful than others). Everyone likes giving to charity. Yes, you do. It makes you feel good, makes you feel like you're giving something back to the world.

Adopt A Word cleverly manages to combine the two. For fun or as a gift, you can 'adopt' your favourite word for £20 a year (for which you'll recieve an adoption pack), with the proceeds benefiting I CAN, a charity set up to help children with communication difficulties by providing training to teachers and supporting parents. In others to introduce kids to language so that they can have a favourite word too.

I've checked and there are plenty of words available in our field, including tropical and medicine and most of the diseases in case you want to commemorate the field you're working in. And if you want to flaunt your word, it's merchandised: mugs, keyrings and fridge magnets and t-shirts. So you'll finally be able to say without a shadow of doubt, been there, done that, bought the ...

New Journals

Development in Practice
Vol.19, No.4 & 5, June 2009
Vol.19, No.6, Ausust 2009
(not yet available online)

The Medical Journal of Malaysia
Vol.64, Supplement A, July 2009
(not yet available online)

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Vol.13, Vol.8, August 2009