Friday 19 February 2021
by Wulf
Comments Off on Spoken Language
What is the most widely-spoken language in the world? Based on the data presented on The 100 Most Spoken Languages Around the World, which has been sitting in my collection of interesting snippets for a while now, English safely claims … Continue reading
Thursday 16 July 2020
by Wulf
Comments Off on i before e except … most of the time
I think that English spelling is not quite as hairy as English pronunciation (do you start the name of the language ‘en’, as in pen, or ‘in’ as in pin?). However, it is still far from rational or predictable. We … Continue reading
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