Ria Bacon: editor & writer

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.
From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

Currently resident in the Land of Sea with a small tribe of kids and Mr B.

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Currently translating a manual on how to make a handpump. Background research takes ages but gives great feeling of learning something new.
1 week ago
@RiaBacon helloooo! i've been suffering from exactly the same problem.
2 weeks ago
@lucypepper Good to hear from you. Real life is getting in the way of my virtual self. Maybe I should outsource the overworked part.
2 weeks ago
Fat tax now! RT @AP In 20 years, some 42 percent of the U.S. population will be obese, new government report says: http://t.co/ImZK2ETt -EF
2 weeks ago
@RiaBacon i read that as: Fresh post... random outbreak. Need more sleep.
2 weeks ago

Stet in a cloud

Ria fotografia

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Now hear dis!

FYI

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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Teenage cockroaches

Can anyone enlighten me or should I call them?

Kingston contrasts

The secret of a good joke is incongruity, the familiar placed in an unfamiliar setting, either with sharp contrast or through the shock of the unexpected. Likewise, many of my favourite photos are centred on the incongruous, usually when something piques my warped sense of humour (see an extreme example here).

In a country like

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All I want from Santa

A long infomercial in yesterday’s Gleaner newspaper began with the following photo and headline:

The best part was the following text:

All members of the response team are well trained in firearm handling, tactical shooting, and covert action and customer relations.

Imaginary dialogue: BLAM!! BLAM!!!

Tanks fe de glass a ice wata, mam.

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4 mega bint – working group

Below is a summary of the main points raised at the abovementioned meeting.

Attendance:P. Collina (Chair)E. CoriniG. BuffonC. VieriF. TottiM. D’Agata (rapporteur)

1. Regarding reactions and results of the recent Telecom Italia campaign, Mr Collina reported that sales of cable had experienced a positive boost but that actual new subscriptions to Telecom’s Internet service

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The meaning of life

A Reuter’s report of yesterday: Feel like a cup of tea, but don’t have the time to brew one up? Pop a “tea pill” instead.

Why would I do that? Isn’t the whole point about tea that you actually take the time to make it then blow and sip it slowly, sit back

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