@LeeBraganza My son is called Louie. It's not unusual but I just love the sound and look of it. He has a Japanese middle name, since his dad is Japanese. If I had another boy or male pet, I'd call them Ansel! If my husband agreed...
@AskLyft My Lyft driver drove off with my pet cat still in the car.
I was taking my cat to a vet appointment, I was sitting behind the driver and had the cat carrier on the floor of the passenger side back seat.
@knows_jill Have only met a handful of teachers who might vote conservative and they all worked in private schools. Vast majority of teachers are left wing, however long they have been teaching!
@ParkinsonDawn @mraspinall I’m 44! Yes- I’ll be in that club! Do you know what became of her? I moved to Japan, then London and now in NYC. I’m still in touch with lots of school friends but haven’t visited school since 1999!
Syntax matters & I love this example (borrowed from Justin Cronin).
Two sentences. Same number of words & syllables.
1) Slowly I turned.
2) I turned slowly.
Number 1 feels slower.
Language & the order its written, creates time and a physiological effect on your reader.
Witnessed the most amazing thing on the train to Edinburgh yesterday. A guy boarded in Wigan & sat opposite me. He went to sleep for an hour.
When he woke up he bought a sandwich, ate it & went back to sleep. (This isn’t a maths test, you don’t need to know the distance/speed).
@EmmaKennedy Ok so I’m five hours behind here in the US. Did my shopping this afternoon. Not too busy. But no cranberry sauce or parsnips. I’m very homesick for M&S. And I ended up buying a chicken from the posh butchers yesterday as they had already sold out of turkeys.