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Category Archives: Australia
Accepting the Vegemite Sandwich
OK, fair enough in deference to my previous post on the good choice of Chaucer to buy into local lingo, and even with accepting the so-so nature of the Mark Zuckerberg dialectic, there are some nuances with mis-use of the English … Continue reading
So incommunicado Mr Zuckerberg!
My best British mate, Dave, dropped me an article on Saturday from The Telegraph in relation to the theme of social media following in Chaucer’s footsteps with evolving the English language. Here’s the link to it: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mark-zuckerberg/10833860/So-not-quite-the-useless-conjunction-we-like-to-believe.html In my mind I can … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Chaucer, England, Language, London, MacKay, New Zealand, Northern NSW, Queensland
Tagged English culture, New Zild, speaking English, Strine
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Coming to Canterbury
It was with mixed feelings that I finally found my way to Canterbury, following a double decker in, and rather than on one. Still, I had managed to move on from the quirky romance of only going by double decker … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Canterbury, Chaucer, Jerusalem, Pilgrimages, Travel, World
Tagged 7/07, 9/11, African, American, Antipodean, Asian, diversity, English culture, English heritage, English people, Middle Eastern
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