Sup? It’s been over a year since I last posted, which even for me is impressive, and as to why, well, I had other things going to occupy me. One of which has young and needy paws. As a quick … Continue reading
Sup? Read and listen to the news in French. Read for pleasure in Spanish, French and Italian. No English media consumption. Apart from work related. This is partly for language related reasons but mainly because I’m attempting to avoid UK … Continue reading
Sup? It’s been a while. One of the things that is rarely mentioned regarding language learning is the opportunity cost involved. In essence, the time that you spend doing one thing stops you doing something else, or at the very … Continue reading
Sup? Despite the carefully cultivated persona used on this blog, I am often not particularly sophisticated regarding my reading matter. I like trash novels. I don’t mean I consider the books themselves trash or rubbish. I do mean that they … Continue reading
Sup? I don’t just have a language website. I’m more rounded than that;) From time to time I create other websites for fun. Most recently, I’ve been playing around with Solitaireonline.org. This is, unsurprisingly, a website where you can (or … Continue reading
Sup? Well, once again, I’ve found myself changing direction with the way I play with languages. My issue has and always will be that of time and the number of languages that interest me. This isn’t helped by the fact … Continue reading
Sup? Sometimes language learning becomes over-complicated. There are some situations when we can get by with a few words. Here are a few of these words/phrases used as you enter an Italian restaurant, say hello and ask for a table: … Continue reading
Sup Y’all? I couldn’t resist that snappy title, which is also and not coincidentally the name of the book that I am using to improve my Croatian. The Italian part that is. It always makes me giggle when I read … Continue reading
Sup? I don’t normally look at the visitor stats for this site. This might sound strange, or unbelievable if you have a site yourself. If you run a website, it’s easy and often dispiriting to obsess over numbers and what … Continue reading
Sup y’all? As you might or might not know, I’m a big fan of kelllebells (bodyweight exercises as well) but you also need to lift something. It’s satisfying. Watch this if you are into kettles. It is hands down, the … Continue reading