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Post by Little Jack Horner on May 31, 2018 23:33:00 GMT
June is bustin' out all over All over the meadow and the hill! Buds're bustin' outa bushes And the rompin' river pushes Ev'ry little wheel that wheels beside the mill! [Carousel, Rodgers and Hammerstein II) May was indeed “full of promises” at first but there has been a dearth of contributions to this forum for sometime and I am wondering what might be the cause? Unlike most forums, contributors here do seem to post worthwhile and properly written thoughts but can we continue? As I have noted elsewhere, my attempt to generate a conversation about Shakespeare signally failed to elicit any response. Members seem to be falling by the wayside and I think it is ages since anyone new joined us. Please, Casual Visitors, do come and join us. In the meantime, may I suggest folk try these word definition quizzes which I found quite challenging? www.dictionary.com/e/c/fun/quizzes/ |
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Post by Verbivore on Jun 2, 2018 9:46:16 GMT
Thank you, LJH. Now I have a Carousel earworm! LOL
I've been moving house, and have only just connected to the 'net from the new address. So far so good; I hope the connection remains reliable and rapid enough. For the past six months I've had internet of tin-can-and-string quality – when I've had any at all – and that was a major pain in the nether regions. Perhaps now I can resume telecommuting to work – and indulging in my favourite online activities without technical restriction.
June here welcomes winter, my favourite season in these subtropics: 22–25° C dry, sunny days and 5–12° C nights, relative humidity around 40–50%. The sunrise is glorious, the sky azure, the landscape verdant, and out here in the country there's the evening aroma of log fires (though not from my electrically heated accommodation). July is our coldest month, though August with its dry westerlies off the snowfields can chill more.
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Post by Twoddle on Jun 2, 2018 11:02:34 GMT
I hope you settle happily in your new abode, Vv.
22-25°C in June? That's about what we can expect here, but it's summer. I'm currently enjoying a sunny sky interspersed with grey clouds, and the sounds of next door's children, the eldest of whom has two volumes: silent when asleep and pop-festival when awake. He's awake at present.
We're off to southern France soon, where we'd normally expect temperatures in the high twenties or low thirties, and wall-to-wall sunshine, at this time of year, but this year the weather's been decidedly strange. The forecast for our first week there is thunderstorms every day and a maximum temperature of 22°C. Never mind, the scenery's great and there are plenty of good restaurants.
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Post by Little Jack Horner on Jun 3, 2018 14:32:07 GMT
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Post by Verbivore on Jun 5, 2018 6:20:44 GMT
LJH: I enjoyed that series online (BBC? Ch 4?) a few years ago. It's both informative and entertaining, interesting but not heavy. It was my introduction to Bragg. |
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Post by Verbivore on Jun 5, 2018 6:25:31 GMT
I hope you settle happily in your new abode, Vv. Thanks, Twod. Unpacking proceeds apace, though the dictionaries will be the last to unbox, given that I can't cook with those. We're off to southern France soon [...] I'd rather be there than unpacking! I have too much stuff!  |
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Post by Verbivore on Jun 7, 2018 8:43:18 GMT
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Post by Little Jack Horner on Jun 7, 2018 23:46:10 GMT
As there is no English equivalent of the Académie Français, no-one is entitled to prescribe the correct pronunciation of this letter or the correct use of English grammar. But I can assert unequivocally that it is correctly pronounced aitch and that it is wrong to ever split an infinitive, to start a sentence with a conjunction or use a preposition to end a sentence with. The use of adverbs should be avoided in careful writing.
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Post by Verbivore on Jun 25, 2018 1:52:58 GMT
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Post by Twoddle on Jun 26, 2018 6:30:27 GMT
Hugging's bad enough, but hugging a Welsh person?!  |
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