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About me

2011/05/26 20:35

My name is Thomas Widmann. I was born in 1972 in Denmark as a German citizen, and I’m now living in Scotland as a Danish citizen. Perhaps I will one day retire to a warm and sunny place as a Scottish citizen…

I’m married to a beautiful Scottish woman called Phyllis Buchanan (see the photo on the right), and we have two wonderful daughters, Anna and Amaia Buchanan-Widmann. Most of the time we’re joined by Phyllis’s three kids from her previous marriage, Marcel, Charlotte and Léon Gautier. Léon has lived with me since before his first birthday, and he speaks fluent Danish.

I hold an MA degree from Aarhus University in linguistics with Japanese and computer science with maths, and I also studied Georgian for a year at Tbilisi University.

In 2002 I got a job at Collins Dictionaries in Glasgow, which is where I met Phyllis.

In 2009 Phyllis and I set up a company together. It’s called Complexli and it offers computional, lexicographic and linguistic consultancy services.

As should be clear from this blog, I’m very interested in politics. I’m socially and economically liberal, I’m strongly pro-EU, and I support Scottish independence.

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2 Responses to “About me”

  1. niels hee andersen says:
    2011/08/09 at 06:46

    Was checking for international tartans to wear, if any, and found the newly registred Danish Tartan, commemorating the birth of Prince Christian.
    So like you I too celebrate the thought of possibly wearing a kilt that I would be entitled to!!
    I always considered Princess Mary as a Scot rather than Aussi.
    Congratulations on your teaming up with a Scot, as they are as prudent and charming as they are durable and tough. I should know, I spend some time in Dundee studying.
    Haaber ikke I savner Danmark for meget
    Med Venlig Hilsen
    Niels Hee Andersen

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  2. Kuda says:
    2011/08/27 at 04:34

    Its interesting that you support Scottish independence AND you are strongly pro-EU. In broad terms, the EU stands for (loose or tight) integration of European nations, implying the blaring of the (physical or conceptual) nations in Europe. Support Scottish independence means that you are a nationalist, which would seem to loose relevance and cause in the context of EU integration. How do you reconcile the two in you?

    I really like your website. I passed through here to take a look at how you created your business cards using LaTeX. I am not yet an expert in LaTeX but I would like to move away from WYSWYG wordprocessors to LaTeX for everything including presentations, letters, tech reports and you-name-it.

    The variety of topics covered by your blog is breath-taking!

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