Diverse has no “e” in German. For several years now “divers” is the third official possibility for gender identification. And it has been the butt of jokes of English speakers in the Bundesrepublik ever since. FOWC with Fandango: Diverse
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If They Won’t Give Me Pizza, I’ll Eat the Box!
FOWC with Fandango: Pizza
Defining Relationships
The label “girlfriend” (or boyfriend, for that matter) for an adult with whom another adult has an adult relationship has always struck me as funny. I myself carry the label “wife” and occasionally “significant other” (which sounds incredibly insignificant) but if I did not have … Continue reading Defining Relationships
Sneezing at 15 Litres a Minute
FOWC with Fandango: Sneeze
A Dental Hygienist’s Nightmare
FOWC with Fandango: Dental
From Wingtip to Wingtip
Another “use the image compare as a toggle switch” image. FOWC with Fandango: Wingspan
A Hare, a Horse and a Story
Ah! Valliant! That is a word that deserves a story. To understand this little anecdote out of the depth of my youth one has to know that valiant is a word that came into English via the Normans, and the corresponding French word is vaillant. … Continue reading A Hare, a Horse and a Story
What to Do With all of Them?
This is a showy crabapple or a plum-leaved crabapple (no, I’m not talking about Bart Simpson’s long-suffering teacher). Come harvest time there will be an abundance of tiny apples. What will they do with all of them? FOWC with Fandango: Surplus
No Mercy
FOWC with Fandango: Ruthless
All Things Relative
Flimsy to us, so so to the spider, tough to the fly. FOWC with Fandango: Flimsy
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