June 2003

Nwdls left a comment on the post about me possibly doing a linguistics degree, but my response got so big I thought I’d put it in as a proper post instead. This is what Nwdls said: You're right about uninspiring teaching. The whole reasoning for me getting into language was a teacher in school who […]

I am hereby bowing to your command, oh reader. 83% of you (doesn't that sound so much better than 'five'?) wanted to read some sort of biographical information about me. So here it is. Please do ask questions if you feel your needs have not entirely been met by this slightly overlong and rambling expos?. […]

I’ve just watched a documentary on linguistics. There aren't that many of them about, and it had the effect of making me want to go and do a second degree in linguistics. I’ve been quite into linguistics for a while now, but had no time to pursue the interest as much as I would have […]

This post on BB Spot, via Ken’s blog, really made me laugh in that slightly mad hysterical way that one tries not to do in public. Mainly because I have seen the look on that IT manager’s face. It's been directed at me more than once. I really don’t know how I manage to switch […]

It’s been quite warm and sultry of a night here lately, in that uncomfortable way of being too warm to sleep under the duvet, but not warm enough not to. So whatever Fflwff’s reasons are for deciding to cuddle up to me on a nightly basis lately, I’m pretty sure they’re not thermal. She’s not […]

The Darkness do Radiohead’s Street Spirit. These boys so deserve to be No. 1 this week. Not that that means anything these days, what with buying in and the pathetic state of the music industry, but it would be fun to see poodle rock back in the charts, scaring the wee little sproglets and giving […]

I just flicked on the tv and up popped a documentary on BBC2 about direct mail. And guess what I’m faced with? Yes! Vertically scrolling green text! Except, and this is the really clever bit, they’ve used the roman alphabet instead of the Japanese Katakana alphabet and, wait for it? it scrolls up instead of […]