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Something to celebrate
When I first moved to Spain, I found that many Spanish words are similar to high-register Latin-root words in English. It was easy to start cruising along, thinking this language learning wasn’t… more →
don't confuse the narrator
something to celebrate
don't confuse the narrator wrote 2 days ago: When I first moved to Spain, I found that many Spanish words are similar to high-register Latin-root … more →
picture a fact
don't confuse the narrator wrote 1 week ago: 'Wordle' word cloud of last five blog posts There was an interesting article on the BBC yest … more →
mnemonics
don't confuse the narrator wrote 2 weeks ago: Translating an article on Brazilian beaches, I’ve just learned a new word in Spanish: carioca. … more →
prevention is better than cure?
don't confuse the narrator wrote 1 month ago: This caught my eye en route to the village this morning: What about igualdad & libertad? It was … more →
a number of questions
don't confuse the narrator wrote 1 month ago: Or, perhaps, a question of numbers. A headline in today’s El Mundo says that 4,158 million eur … more →
house of cards
don't confuse the narrator wrote 1 month ago: The second image that I wanted to talk about from my conversation with the poet Joan Margarit dealt … more →
it rings a bell
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don't confuse the narrator wrote 1 month ago: This headline has caught my attention: ...with bells on Whether it was in any way connected with Glo … more →
parenthetical pedantry
don't confuse the narrator wrote 1 month ago: The more I read on-line, the more I think the mathematicians have it right. The meaning of 4+3*6 is … more →
advice from Catalonia
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don't confuse the narrator wrote 1 month ago: A photo just sent to me from Barcelona: In case you can’t guess, it says: “Switch off th … more →
pedantry
don't confuse the narrator wrote 1 month ago: I should probably start this post by saying that I know my grammar and punctuation aren’t perf … more →
ferreting around on the web
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don't confuse the narrator wrote 2 months ago: A friend happened to comment that the latest edition of the Radio Times had meerkats on the front co … more →
ho hum
don't confuse the narrator wrote 3 months ago: According to the BBC news Magazine, the phrase “hey-ho” is set to make a comeback: it is … more →
tick if you do...
don't confuse the narrator wrote 3 months ago: …tick if you don’t. tick the box My mother has asked me to fill in a form for her. With … more →
international language?
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don't confuse the narrator wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been back in the UK for the Swanwick Writers’ Summer School; hence the lack of upda … more →
veranos de la villa
don't confuse the narrator wrote 4 months ago: Madrid steps back in time Reading the list of concerts planned for Madrid’s Veranos de la Vill … more →
weighty matters
don't confuse the narrator wrote 4 months ago: not the softest seat I saw this sign in a designer shop escaparate in Madrid and wonder whether it s … more →
a lizard's tale
don't confuse the narrator wrote 5 months ago: I was out on the verandah talking on the phone when I saw a tiny lizard. “Ooh, ¡qué lindo!, ¡u … more →
a flask of wine
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don't confuse the narrator wrote 5 months ago: A couple of people have suggested I should write a post about wine. Well, perhaps not about wine … more →
panics and pandemics
don't confuse the narrator wrote 7 months ago: Last week I received a writers’ newsletter with yet another warning of a new phishing scam. Th … more →
