Tuesday 21 May 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Having recently acquired a copy of German Short Stories for Beginners from Touri Language Learning as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers programme, I can definitely confirm that the answer is nein. Even my reading of German, which used to … Continue reading
Wednesday 4 October 2017
by Wulf
Comments Off on Hello Trello
I’ve been aware of online ‘organising board’ service Trello for several years now but haven’t dug into it too deeply as I’ve had a home-brewed system bubbling along, involving Inkscape and a diagram of jobs I’m doing, jobs I ought … Continue reading
Monday 10 July 2017
by Wulf
Comments Off on Piddocks
I found an opportunity to use that new word, piddock, that I learned last week. I saw a cloud which appeared to have a neat hole drilled in and and thought… Okay, to be honest, I thought, “what was that … Continue reading
Wednesday 28 June 2017
by Wulf
Comments Off on The Great Passage by Shion Miura
Most of the book reviews I write are for things I have received as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers scheme. I don’t enjoy all of them but I promised I would write an honest review and so I do … Continue reading
Friday 28 April 2017
by Wulf
Comments Off on Other Countries
What is the difference between countries? What colours in between the invisible lines on the ground? No matter their national identity, humans all breathe air, consume food and drink and need shelter and sleep. However, there are plenty of tangible … Continue reading
Monday 6 June 2016
by Wulf
Comments Off on Listen to this
Apparently this is Greenlandic, an Eskimo-Aluet language from Greenland. It sounds like the tape is playing backwards. What wonderful and strange things languages are! Oh, and I think the subtitles are in Danish.
Wednesday 4 May 2016
by Wulf
Comments Off on Today’s prize for best street name…
Today’s prize for best street name goes to Bad Homburg Way in Exeter. I suspect it has been named after the German town (twinned with Exeter) but it makes me think of hats! Allegedly the homburg hat was thus named … Continue reading