My word of the day is ‘tatterdemalion’
I’ve seen it twice in 24 hours….although I’m not entirely sure what it means
RT @GylesB1: Yes, Wodehouse is the master. Here’s a useful P G tip: “I always advise people never to give advice.”
#TodayILearned the word ‘Scowegian’ - slang for Scandinavian oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1…
No, it’s not.
Dr @brianklaas covers some of the material that Piers Morgan probably didn’t have time for, or something
Well worth a listen
I’ve currently got Carl Hiaasen on my @kobo and @MichaelWolffNYC on my mp3 player
Difficult to avoid confusion
Only other use of ‘shrove’ or ‘shrive’ I’ve seen is in the last line of this bit from a poem about Salisbury and Old Sarum
#ShroveTuesday #pancakeday2018
Or something by her www.youtube.com/watch
Or possibly this www.youtube.com/watch
Next time I’m on Desert Island Discs and Kirsty asks me which one I want to Save From The Waves it will be this www.youtube.com/watch
RT @SpireFM: PANCAKES: The #Salisbury pancake race will now take place at @SalisburyCath: www.spirefm.co.uk/news/loca…
RT @EH_Stonehenge: This bottle of port, on display in the @SalisburyMuseum was put under the slaughter stone by antiquarian W. Cunnington i…
#TodayILearned that ‘rabbit’ is rhyming slang. ‘Rabbit and pork’ rhyming with ‘talk’.
Kind of.
Back at the Bridge
I do like to get here early! t.co/YUEXtp8Zf…
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The thing I find most difficult when swapping between languages /* on these computer things */ is getting the symbol right for the comments – MTP 20180212
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RT @StopFundingHate: Excellent news: Global leader Unilever has committed to avoid advertising with “platforms or environments that do not…
Interesting talk by ex @bankofengland chap
Brexit vote hasn’t been an economic catastrophe, but it has been a political one
RT @davidm_allan: Fascinating item of the BBC website about Anthony Gormley’s iconic Angel of the North… www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e… https:/…
Quite keen to see this
Super list
Includes likening of the couple in Fairytale of New York to Vladimir and Estrogan from Waiting for Godot