language

Wang – King

Yes, the less peurile version of me would have gone for doing that title the other way round, but it may attract a bit more attention, so live with it. I’ve mentioned my struggles with learning Chinese, and this ‘ere instalment comes from a genuine series of events which prompted me to take this particularContinue reading “Wang – King”

I was listening to something earlier and wondered when it was that we became so bothered by one of life’s certainties. More precisely, when and why did someone decide that it was somehow inappropriate to say or write that someone has died? Just imagine: Bruce Willis stars in the blockbuster, Pass Away Hard. Cutting Crew’sContinue reading “Language”

Constable Scunthorpe

Having had to write this surname all those years, he really had no choice but to join the police. He now lived in Clitheroe, but was born and bred in Cockermouth when his parents moved from Penistone, although he was a lifelong supporter of Arsenal, obviously. His pet dog was a Shih Tzu, and, asContinue reading “Constable Scunthorpe”