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
Sup Doods and doodesses? Today it’s time to sit back, take stock and give all of you an update on my Croatian after ten months, and if you are sitting comfortably, then I’ll begin. Before the update, let me set … Continue reading
Sup All? I briefly created a site called Polyglot People to scratch a coding itch, and to experiment with a ‘different look’ and a more ‘mobile first’ style of design. I then decided that it was pointless having a separate … Continue reading
Sup doods? I have recently changed my language goals, and now seems as good a time as any to tell you why. The short version is that I want my language goals to be fluffy and achievable, and they are … Continue reading
Sup? I have now been learning Croatian for approximately four months, and now seems as good a time as any to report back on my progress. My aim is too reach a B1 level before the summer. I’d take this … Continue reading
Sup doods and doodesses? Plans. Plans. Plans. The end of the year is always a good time for them and here are some of mine. Plan broj jedan (plan number one). A new website called Polyglot People. – Now part … Continue reading
Si annis multis vixerit homo, et in his omnibus laetatus fuerit, meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis, et dierum multorum, qui cum venerint, vanitatis arguentur praeterita. Powerful stuff indeed and well worth remembering. I will, all things being equal, parse it tomorrow … Continue reading