Where’s My Cornucopia? False Memories and the Language Classroom

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I vividly remember the cornucopia in the “Fruit of the Loom” logo because my mother would purchase tees for my father. What piqued my intrigue was the fact that I hadn’t the faintest clue what the basket containing the fruit was called. To be honest, I’d just acknowledge it as such and left it at that. Years later, I would learn that this so-called basket, the cornucopia, had, in fact, never existed! Enter the ‘Mandela Effect’: a widely discussed phenomenon in which a great number of our population misremember certain events or situations. Misinterpretation or even a fabricated perception of childhood memories are theoretically to blame.

by Katherine Reilly

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Speaking at the 14th ELT Malta Conference

The 14th ELT Malta Conference has officially unveiled its program which you can download here: https://eltcouncil.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Final-Program-14th-ELT-Malta-Conference-V9.pdf Registrations are now open https://eltcouncil.gov.mt/14th-elt-malta-conference/ I’m honored to be speaking on behalf of the IATEFL Global Issues Special Interest Group. I can’t wait to see wonderful friends and colleagues once again. Happy school year to all!