Yay! Today is Savage Chickens day! In tribute to this excellent cartoonist who manages to fit drawings and words onto a yellow Post-it®, I slavishly follow Doug Savage's copyright rules which state that as one of the other 7 billion-odd people in the world, I am permitted to copy one of his images every thirty days. How wonderful it... Continue Reading →
Licker of Bowls, that’s me
I could not resist this mini-post. It is a mini-post because this photograph is very small: This is one of the fun things my nieces in Australia are preparing for a Dr Seuss birthday party being held for the triplets in their neighbourhood. They help the parents, along with a whole roster of others, with... Continue Reading →
Catering to caterpillars
I have no time to learn how to draw the perfect cartoon caterpillar. Instead, I shall offer you this image with a caption, suspended on a white background. This is also my shortest post on record. Allison
Friendily yours,
Let’s not kill all the translators… « Thoughts On Translation. Friendly is as friendly does. The drafting of letters, particularly diplomatic ones, is a serious matter. "Amicalement", left in the French, would have been a better choice, especially given the "Cher Barack" salutation, and the fact that unless you are a complete oddball, "Amicably" does... Continue Reading →
You will thank me for sharing
I need to "flesh out" my characters in this NaNoWriMo novel I am trying to write. All embarrassing details are revealed on my Mnah-mnah Day 8 page above. One more thing: None of my characters have actually looked at each other - longingly or otherwise - yet. Oh, dear! Allison
NaNoWriMorphology
Welcome to the NaNoWriMo neologisms of the day that I have come up with so far, as part of my daily log on writing a novel during the month of November. Don't get me wrong. I am utterly serious about writing this novel, even though I started two days late, and have missed one day... Continue Reading →
Vegetarian delights
Until I started learning Portuguese, I considered myself a good speller. Now, I sometimes have the odd doubt. So, I need to check these things, and normally do so online. I typed the word for vegetarian, spelled incorrectly as "vegeteriano", into a popular online bilingual resource. Beware spelling errors! Because even Goggle will tell you that... Continue Reading →
A&A confusion
In my world A&A is shorthand for all those jolly acronyms and abbreviations one has to straddle with elegance when translating. Time was I had the English and French A&As for all United Nations organizations, and their long versions down pat. Ditto arbitrary bits of German legislation. Green-eggs-and-ham style, I could say them standing on... Continue Reading →
Living in the now
Yay! Today is Savage Chickens day - in my world, anyway. In tribute to this excellent cartoonist who manages to fit drawings and words onto a yellow Post-it®, I slavishly follow Doug Savage's copyright rules which state that as one of the other 7 billion-odd people in the world, I am permitted to copy one... Continue Reading →
We have forgotten about swine ‘flu
We have forgotten about swine 'flu, But you can still ruin your lovely soft hands With those harsh products which were supposed To protect even the most lacksadaisical washers From the dreaded contagion of that piggy virus. This is why we all readily recognise this sign: If you are one of those people who suffers... Continue Reading →
That elusive pair of jeans 