That was one of my office-mate’s (R2 OB1) most frequent outbursts a few weeks back. My dictionary gives the definition of egregious as either (1) outstandingly bad or (2) distinguished, eminent. Given that at the time R2 OB1 was talking about how Elva, the InDesign expert (sic), had re-typed (and mis-typed) random data for more […]
Just voted in the BBC’s best African song poll. I voted for Mariam and Amadou’s Pauvre type. I first heard them singing Je pense à toi on BBC West Africa in 1998 and fell in love with the song. The last verse rang especially true for me at the time:
Certains t’ont promisLa terreD’autres promettentLe cielY […]
I didn’t attend the corridor festivities and wasn’t bothered a bit, although I was touched by the reactions of other bloggers to my post. I’ve never in fact had an office party as far as I can recall. That’s because I’ve not worked a regular job in a regular office for most of my life. […]
This was the invitation from our director for our Xmas office “party”:
Dear colleagues,
We seem to all be very busy and I do understand that few of us can make the time to prepare dishes for a joint luncheon on Friday.
N. and I have agreed to invite you all for a small get together at 15.30 […]
Each evening when the kids are getting ready for bed, I close the shutters and curtains in the playroom and their bedroom. And each evening I’m struck by the view from each window. From the playroom I can see the Porta San Paolo, which looks like a turreted castle, and behind it, the Piramide. I […]
Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
Currently resident in Dakar, Senegal.
Stet means "Let it stand" and is used by editors to indicate that the original text should be left untouched.
...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.
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