In drawing its findings on the question, commission spoke to voters across Scotland to see whether they could easily understand and answer the question and took advice from "plain language" experts, politicians, academics and others.

BBC: Political reporter, BBC Scotland

There they will meet tutors who are respectful of their talents and who are able to give them the extra language support, training and practical advice that will enable them to earn a living as soon as possible.

BBC: Human traffic. Your earlier comments

The school has called in Patti Wood, a body language consultant based in Atlanta, to give advice to women wanting to be taken seriously in the workplace.

CNN: Women at the top

Nokia, which has traditionally sold hand sets, is now selling advice on sowing crops, tools to learn the English language and health tips to people in India, Indonesia, China and now Nigeria and trying to make money while doing that.

FORBES: Nokia Looks To Emerging Markets To Find New Products And Customers

Channel bosses took advice from Welsh broadcaster S4C on catering for an audience which speaks a minority language.

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