You said quite a lot in the post about abuse. I really wanted to like it, but I didn't agree with all of it. I don't think making misogyny a crime would be particularly helpful. And I'… (View Post)

While I've been away we've had a new lady from Kyrgyzstan start work in the office. This inevitably led me to the wiki page for her country, where I learned of the extremely misogynistic so… (View Post)

How the Russian word for railway stations came about is one of my favourite etymological stories of all time (View Post)

I haven't much to say on topic so will just update everyone about what I learnt while trying to think of something funny to say about scum I found the archaic words scumber and cumberground, bot… (View Post)

I think you ought to give a bit more warning before your tests! (View Post)