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Annie and her travels: May 2012
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Annie and her travels. Thursday, May 10, 2012. J K Rowlingová, or the hilarity of Czech names. Yes, the Czechs really do call her Rowlingová (sounds like Rolling Over). Because of this, some hilarious situations have arisen, since the Czechs fully believe that if you have not got -ová on the end of your name, you must be one of two things: a man, or a business. So here are two examples of what happens when I go to collect something from the post office that is just addressed to "Barton":. Me: Ummm. w...
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Annie and her travels: Other peoples' words
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Annie and her travels. Wednesday, September 30, 2009. Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening. Into the house and gate of heaven,. To enter into that gate and dwell in that house,. Where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light;. No noise nor silence, but one equal music;. No fears nor hopes, but one equal possession;. No ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity;. In the habitations of thy glory and dominion,. After John Donne 1571-1631). BCP, 1549 version). Comes the hour God ...
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Annie and her travels: May 2010
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Annie and her travels. Wednesday, May 05, 2010. Dear Lib Dems,. The appeal of a handwritten letter is in its individuality. If you photocopy the letter (even in colour) and send it out to everyone in the constituency, we can tell. It looks awfully like you are trying to con us into voting for you. We are not fooled. What is more, schoolboy style handwriting in blue ink on blue paper makes your candidate look like a schoolboy. A Tory schoolboy. He looked young in his photo, but this is ridiculous. Subscri...
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Annie and her travels: Dear Lib Dems
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Annie and her travels. Wednesday, May 05, 2010. Dear Lib Dems,. The appeal of a handwritten letter is in its individuality. If you photocopy the letter (even in colour) and send it out to everyone in the constituency, we can tell. It looks awfully like you are trying to con us into voting for you. We are not fooled. What is more, schoolboy style handwriting in blue ink on blue paper makes your candidate look like a schoolboy. A Tory schoolboy. He looked young in his photo, but this is ridiculous. Subscri...
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Annie and her travels: Reading to Translate
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Annie and her travels. Friday, November 20, 2009. But the fascinating thing about reading to translate. Is that in the process of the reading you discover things about your own "readings," not just of the text's layers of meaning, but of the world, people and things. And becoming aware of the way you read the world can change the way you look at things even when you're not "literally" trying to translate them from one language to another. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The cheese and I.
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Annie and her travels: February 2010
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Annie and her travels. Tuesday, February 16, 2010. A little bit of nonsense. To be continued at some point…). A bat and a shrew went to sea in a shoe;. They arrived in a land full of palm trees and sand,. And were met by a hog, whose illustrious bog. Was their home for a week full of bubble and squeak. Now these two little friends found it hard to pretend. That they’d come all the way from the bay of Biscay,. But onwards they went with their miniature tent,. Here stands the house of the Golden Crane,.
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Annie and her travels: Writing Paper
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Annie and her travels. Wednesday, March 21, 2012. So This is my first post from Prague and rather surprisingly it has nothing to do with meat, beer, the Czech language, or any of the other things that strike most people first when they arrive in this country. Well don't worry, I'll come to those things later! All I want to do is write some letters. surely I can't be the only one? Good to hear you blogging again - its been a while! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The cheese and I. This page's site feed.
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Annie and her travels: March 2012
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Annie and her travels. Wednesday, March 21, 2012. So This is my first post from Prague and rather surprisingly it has nothing to do with meat, beer, the Czech language, or any of the other things that strike most people first when they arrive in this country. Well don't worry, I'll come to those things later! All I want to do is write some letters. surely I can't be the only one? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The cheese and I. Bad things in new hymn books and other sad tales. Bishop of Huntingdon's Blog.
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Annie and her travels: The strangers' society vs the nanny state
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Annie and her travels. Thursday, May 10, 2012. The strangers' society vs the nanny state. The only thing that could possibly take the place of a passport or ID card, in this country, is a stamp. Stamps prove that you are official (even though they can be bought and customised for a few crowns). I will have a stamp soon, and all will be well. I won't go into the history behind this here, but it seems that the society here is (still? Might actually be hot. And given that I'm in fact dead certain that all t...
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Annie and her travels: This is the night…
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Annie and her travels. Tuesday, April 14, 2009. This is the night…. Permit me to be a little liturgical in this Easter season…. One service whose magic many churches manage to miss out on for the sake of a few inattentions is the Easter Vigil. Here's the order it went in where I was this year, with some annotations…. 1 The people gather around the new fire (which is already lit) outside the church. At the beginning of the vigil. 3 The Exultet is sung. 4 The vigil readings. With only a tiny light for the ...
