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
Sup? It’s been a while, but never fear me and mine are hale and hearty. I’ve had a bit of a roller-coaster of a year which has ended well despite a very unpromising start. I won’t bore you with the details … Continue reading
Sup All, Does anyone read this bog at all? Or do my words fall like leaves in the forest? In the damp forest. Enough of that, here is a quick update as to what I’ve been up to regarding languages, … Continue reading
Sup all, I’m writing this to remind myself as to why stickiness is important. Hence the link from my language and goals. One of my favourite exercises is the kettlebell swing, and one of the books by Pavel Tsatsouline (Kettlebell … Continue reading