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From my Forgotten English calender - a quotation from H. L. Mencken's The American Language (1919)
"In 1915, the National Council of Teachers of English - following that hopeful American custom which gave the nation Mother's Day and Safety-First and Eat More Cheese Weeks - proposed to make the first seven days of November Better-Speech Week."
...There's an Eat More Cheese Week?!? Roflmao!
I watched the first episode of Rome last night (cos, you know, ex-Latin student and general interest in that period). After about the third sex scene, I wanted to tell the makers, "Yes, we get it, the Romans liked to shag. A lot! A hell of a lot! Can we get on with the political plotting now, please?!" *rolls eyes*
*groan* Teaching today. I really can't be bothered, even though it's dead easy this week and requires no effort from me.
"In 1915, the National Council of Teachers of English - following that hopeful American custom which gave the nation Mother's Day and Safety-First and Eat More Cheese Weeks - proposed to make the first seven days of November Better-Speech Week."
...There's an Eat More Cheese Week?!? Roflmao!
I watched the first episode of Rome last night (cos, you know, ex-Latin student and general interest in that period). After about the third sex scene, I wanted to tell the makers, "Yes, we get it, the Romans liked to shag. A lot! A hell of a lot! Can we get on with the political plotting now, please?!" *rolls eyes*
*groan* Teaching today. I really can't be bothered, even though it's dead easy this week and requires no effort from me.