2007/03/31 21:56
I was looking at Ryanair's destination map today, and it suddenly occurred to me that while they fly to lots of destinations all over Europe, and some areas are covered very densely, it seems they have a kind of black spot in an enormous area covering eastern France, southern Germany, Switzerland, some of Austria and the western part of the...
2007/03/28 9:01
I recommend reading John Wells's phonetic blog today (28/3). :-)
2007/03/31 23:58
Charlotte really can be a drama queen sometimes. Today we were going for a walk along the river, and we stopped at a sunny spot where there were a couple of big thingies to sit on.
However, there weren’t enough for all of us, so she had to share hers with Marcel. She occupied two thirds of it, but she still accused him of pushing her, and she subsequently burst into tears.
2007/03/29 12:35
Recent opinion polls for the elections to the Scottish Parliament in about a month's time indicate that it might be possible for the SNP to form a government with either the LibDems or the Conservatives. Because the Conservatives are so widely reviled in Scotland, it seems to me that most people assume the SNP will have to form a government with the LibDems.However, the LibDems know that, and it seems to me they're planning to sell themselves very dearly indeed,...
2007/03/29 11:26
Måske burde jeg skrive lidt mere om, hvordan John Wells' Esperanto lingvistisk set ændrede mit liv.Jeg opdagede esperanto som teenager (jeg var vel omkring 13, vil jeg tro), og lærte sproget på basis af bøger, jeg lånte på biblioteket i Viborg (jeg kan anbefale Esperanto laŭ metodo Friis, også kendt som Esperanto laŭ naturmetodo). En eller anden (min far? min...
2007/03/27 22:59
I read an article in The Herald today about how Scottish people tend to be more welcoming towards immigrants than English people do. That made me think about immigration here in general.When I moved here five years ago, one of...
2007/03/26 20:23
All the newspapers of course bring some articles to celebrate the EU's 50th birthday. One of the better ones is this interview with Max Kohnstamm in EUobserver.
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