Nicolas Sarkozy and me
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, recently claimed that the British don’t understand the European mindset because they live on an island.
Although he didn’t say this, the notion that the British are a simple seafaring folk that live on an island …
November 3, 2011
Dumbing down the style of English in Scarborough Fair
A line in the lyrics of the classic English folk ballad ‘Scarborough Fair’ has been ‘dumbed down,’ presumably because the style of English was sometimes too difficult to understand.
Was it really that difficult, was it really such an impossible task …
September 16, 2011
Sweet political correctness
A hopefully humorous article about political correctness, about what would happen if a popular British sweet or candy which has a potentially politically incorrect brand name were re-branded with a more politically correct brand name.
The sweets are called ‘Midget Gems’ …