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Dear rain, I was under the impression that we had come to some kind of accord. For my part I would complain and say horrid things about the sun during the summer months. In return, you would leave me largely free of your watery wrath throughout autumn and winter. It would appear, however, that you have reneg… Read more »
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I'm not a fan of 'txt speak'. I'd go as far as to say that I loathe it. I think it's lazy. I think it's incoherent. I think it's incomprehensible. And I despise having to translate it into English before I can make any sense of it. For those lucky enough not to have to deal with 'txt speak', it's basically an… Read more »
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Why is it that deliveries almost always come while we're at work? And why is it that there is so rarely an option to specify a more suitable time when placing an order that needs to be delivered? While I appreciate that different people go to work at different times, and work different hours, I would be prep… Read more »
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An overuse of unnecessary words has lead to a national shortage of adverbs according to reports from the Oxford University Press, publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary. The effects on conversations across the country have been devastating; creating a string of sentences that are both punchy and to the p… Read more »
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Upon walking into a bar in the centre of Coventry the other night I was told, in no uncertain terms, "you'd better be English". This was just moments after walking through the entrance while in the process of trying to locate the friends I'd gone there to meet. Thankfully, they were easy to spot and some dist… Read more »
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For whatever reason, I've known several people who have, when going on holiday, made the effort to learn the phrase "do you speak English?" in the native language of their destination—often in isolation. Am I the only one who views this as being entirely pointless? Surely, asking the same question in English… Read more »
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Some months ago, a colleague of mine set me a challenge. He asked me to name fifteen good bands from the 1980s. Now, anybody who was born prior to 1980, and perhaps later, would probably have no difficulty naming fifteen bands, so there was a caveat. They had to be good bands. And by that, he meant that they… Read more »
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While the majority of the population revel in the summer months, I merely endure them. Much as I'd love to enjoy the season with everyone else, it's not something I'm generally allowed to do. That's not to say I don’t have fun for three months of the year—far from it. It's just that conditions conspire to ens… Read more »
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Sometimes technology goes wrong. It's annoying but it happens. And when it does, it can be expensive to repair. With computers, it seems to be standard practice that when you buy a new one, you get a warranty period of one year thrown in—especially if you've paid an arm and a leg for it. But it's then common… Read more »
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My mobile phone is decrepit. I've had it for years. It's a Sony Ericson w810i and I got it when that particular model was still new. These days it's practically ancient. For one thing, it still has buttons as opposed to a touchscreen, and you can't even download an app that makes it look like you're flipping… Read more »