A Time To Study
I’ve just read through the details of the first assignment for my English Language course. I’m really surprised by it. The assignment is in two halves. In the first half I have to make a post to a...
View ArticleI am an Irish
There is an English phrase that keeps appearing in my Japanese textbooks that drives me mad. And it came up again today. “I am a Japanese.” The first time I saw this I told my teacher I believed that...
View ArticleEnglish: not quite everywhere
Standing on the train last night I commented on how badly it smelt. I really hate the smell of alcohol seeping out of people’s pores. Marty asked me, when we were walking back to our apartment, if I...
View ArticleWhat Does Handsome Mean?
I was reading some Japanese today in which a girl described her friend’s family. It was all really normal until I got to the line “your Dad is handsome”. I don’t think I have ever told a female friend...
View ArticleWriting Tips
I would like to be able to write better. This leads me to read various articles about the art of writing. Today I read Russell’s article “How I Write“. There are some things that worked for him that...
View ArticleNovember Novel Writing
I would like to write more but instead of writing I spend time thinking about writing. Or reading books on language and writing. Last night I started reading a book on Hypnotic Writing. I get the...
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