Bonnie Brig
This week, Paula has given us convergence as a theme and I have chosen this bonnie brig (“beautiful bridge” in English) for a double reason. Some random reading earlier in the week had drawn my interest […]
Giving thanks for new words of old
I always enjoy a spot of etymology. If you do too, you’ll enjoy the article below, reblogged from the Oxford Words Blog. It makes a fascinating pre-Thanksgiving read. ********************************************************************************* From […]
‘You speak Russian?’
Some of my readers will be aware that I speak Russian. Or more correctly, I used to speak Russian. Since I left university in 1980, I have barely used it […]
Strange living in the UK?
I’m a fan of Maria Smedstad’s Em cartoons about ex-pat life in the UK. Here are a couple of my favourites. Reblogged from Maria Smedstad cartoons
English is no longer the Language of the Web
Here is a fascinating article on the linguistic diversity of the web. Although there is no definitive answer on the current internet lingua franca, it does seem that English is […]
Travel with Intent 