I overheard the most thought-provoking conversation today. This woman went up to a man who was working behind one of the market stalls in Camden Market and asked him if he was from some specific part of Nigeria ( Read more... )

I haven't said very much about the "Racefail" business that's been happening on various parts of the internet due to lack of coherent comment, but I thought of something interesting yesterday ( Read more... )

Also, I have 101 tabs open in Opera. Can we just take it for granted that I personally consider Sarah Palin to be the very worst sort of US politician? The sort that makes any left-wing liberal city-dwelling European go "...W. T. F.?". (Actually pronounced like that, sounding out all the letters in disbelief.) She does BAD THINGS to polar bears and ( Read more... )

As some people have asked, here's the link to my wish list. Only get me something if you're a close friend and can afford it, please.

So this isn't a totally pointless livejournal entry, something that's been bothering me for a few days. In French at school, we learned the phrase "Excusez-moi, je descends a la prochaine." as something to say on ( Read more... )

What's the date today? It isn't April Fool's Day again, is it? Look at the insignia on this web page and tell me what you think. Is it ( Read more... )

you know, I TOLD Richard that he should keep his V for Vendetta special effects crew member's t-shirt and sell it on ebay, but did he believe me...?

anyone want to bid for it anyway, only slightly worn... :)

Pet hate: people who write London phone numbers as "0207" or "0208" plus 7 digits. It's incorrect. The code for London is 020. The number is 8whatever. If you are in London and pick up the phone, and dial the seven digit number after "0208", you won't get through. If, instead, you dial the eight digit number beginning with "8", you willWhat has ( Read more... )

It's 16:10 right now. I don't have to leave the house before 16:30 at the earliest, and it's snowing outside. OK, the snow isn't settling, but it's thick enough to affect visibility, while the excessive amounts of wetness everywhere make it unpleasant and a bit dangerous to walk. I sat down to browse teh intarweb for a few minutes before going out ( Read more... )

Someone on irc used a mIRC macro and slapped me around with a large trout. While I don't eat meat, my Otterylexa is a keen pescevore, being an otter an' all. Thus, all I could think of just then was "What a waste! There's good eating on a trout!". Then because Merriam-Webster didn't contain the word "pescevore", I had to go through Google to ( Read more... )

Today I was on the bus, and I saw a sign advertising "signwriters". As it was written all as one word, I mentally pronounced it differently, and was confused for a few seconds about what the sign meant. So how come we pronounce "sign" as SINE - but we say SIG-NA-TURE? Why do we elide the gn in "sign" but pronounce both letters in "signature", which ( Read more... )