This is one of those days when I kind of hate Twitter. It definitely has its plus points, but one of its bad points is the way people from all over the world, from many different cultures and having a variety of mother tongues, come together in disapproval to reach some kind of consensus of intolerance. I don't know whether it's the use of non-
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. I find it really quite adorable that when Novak Djokovic addresses the crowd in Buenos Aires in what sounds like pretty good Spanish, he apparently does so with an Argentine accent! Bless him, perhaps he really has been learning from Delpo.
I’m guessing most people on my flist aren’t that interested in tennis, so I haven’t bothered explaining, just reporting. If you are, or might be, interested and want more background, feel absolutely free to ask
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. Inspired by this post at linguaphiles, I ordered Harry Potter y La Piedra Filosofal from Amazon last night and will be joining in. I don't know yet to what extent, if at all, I'll be posting about it. People are doing the readalong in whatever language they choose; I've chosen Spanish
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Trying to watch Del Potro's rain-delayed first-round match in the US Open. They managed less than fifteen minutes before Delpo voiced concerns about the slipperiness of the court along the baseline and while the umpire was checking for himself the rain started again, so the players are apparently back in their dressing-rooms
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Delpo got stuck in a traffic jam in New York. Apparently fans noticed him and started asking for autographs so being Delpo, he obligingly got out of the car and started signing
Tuesday 27th AugustEnrique Quique Cano (@QuiqueCano) says that while Roger Federer was waiting in the players' locker room to go out and play
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