- Thu May 29, 2025 9:13 pm
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I do not have a picture, but only a memory…
I thought it was a great demonstration of the difference between US and UK literacy (…two peoples, separated by a common language).
Driving along in the Lake district, I saw a sign warning “ Insubstantial Verge Ahead”.
That being said, the idiomatic use of language is a difficult one both sides of the pond. Here we say “Soft Shoulder”. What the hell would that mean to a Brit?
...never attribute to conspiracy that which simple stupidity will adequately explain...
...I changed my avatar in response to Riad's original avatar. The picture is from Musee' Rodin in Paris, one of his finest and most famous works, a larger than life sculpture of France's greatest philosopher.
It is a giant, hairy, wrinkled Balzac...