When I went to the Netherlands I was fascinated by the prevalence of the grocer's apostrophe. It was everywhere. On further research, it became apparent that the role of the apostrophe in Dutch … (View Post)

Yes, I've taken autocorrect off. I'd rather people think me a clumsy typer than someone who can't apostrophise correctly. (View Post)

My mental image of @DecrepiterJohnL is now this: (View Post)

Left wing riots (in the USA, at least) are alarming because they are aimrd at stopping society functioning. The right wing ones (ones? I only remember Jan 6th, tbh) are alarmimg because they have bee… (View Post)

Britain, to me - and specifically Greater Manchester - feels far, far safer than it did in the 80s and 90s; and somewhat safer than the 00s. Possibly just a factor of being older - so attracting less… (View Post)