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Category Archives: England
The Pirate of Portsmouth’s Tale
“Sometimes you don’t have to go very far to have an adventure….” I wasn’t really expecting anything of Portsmouth – it was just a place I had to come for work. So ’twas much to my surprise to discover a … Continue reading
The Forgotten Highway
Here’s what I call “a crazy caravan thought” as I continue to sit here in England, biding my time, waiting for the next opportunity to call: Is Canterbury now really (and perhaps ironically) like Camelot? A place slowly ceasing to … Continue reading
Posted in Camelot, Canterbury, England
Tagged Canterbury Cathedral, England, English culture, speaking English
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‘Snow better Down Under
I also learned my lesson that Kiwis run their words together when I arrived in the UK a year after that excursion in the East Coast of Australia – however with rather amusing consequences which managed to lead me to … 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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