Sup? Today is a typical west country summers day, which in essence means it is raining too hard to be outside. And so, it’s time to parse some Latin. I chose de minimis non curat lex, as back in the … Continue reading
Sup all? It’s time to parse some Latin, and for reasons that need to remain opaque I have picked something short and sweet. Porcus ex grege diaboli. It translates as ‘swine from the devils flock’ and so the question as … Continue reading
Sup? It’s time for an update on my ultra-slow Assimil German project. As you may recall, I decided to spend ten minutes a day learning German using the Assimil German course, and see where it took me. As you may … Continue reading
Sup? Sometimes looking at the positives (instead of the many, many negatives) in any given situation helps … So, on that note … Pandemic life isn’t all bad. The weather has been OK. There has been an ensuing economic downturn … Continue reading
If you have perchance glanced at my blog, you might have noticed that for the last eighteen months or thereabouts, I have been learning Croatian. I’ve just got to put it out there that I’ve been dipping into Samuel Pepys … Continue reading
Sup? I just know that you want to parse : In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram In these days of Covid, I hope you are all keeping all staying safe and finding ways to amuse yourselves, and what better … Continue reading
Sup doods and doodesses, I hope you are all good, or failing that at least well. I’ve just got back from a walk which depending on your perspective was dark, cold and unpleasant , or bracing, invigorating and full of … Continue reading
Sup? OK. Call me stupid, and I can really offer no excuses, but I stared at this for ages, wondering what it meant. And, yes, for all you Spanish speakers, I am well aware of the multiple uses of quedar … Continue reading
Sup? How y’all doing? I’m lying on the floor, listening to the torrential rain currently drenching my part of the west country while Max Gazze plays Sotto Casa in the background. My evening has been for want of a better … Continue reading
Sup? You may or may not have noticed some disruption to Surface languages over the past two days. I run the site on a Debian linux server rather than the more usual managed wordpress site. I do this because it … Continue reading