In Finland there is no distinction in pronouns by sex. "Hän" means both he and she. Also "se" (it) is used informally. This leads to very common mistakes in English. Often "s… (View Post)

Aussies are already personae non gratae for China. This will confirm that. Hence even if SARS-CoV-2 did originally arise from a bat precursor virus, which remains unproven, it must have spent conside… (View Post)

Indeed, 1760 until 1832. (View Post)

Talking about "the jolt upwards" (Andy_Cooke) and that "Glasgow and Edinburgh basically doubled in a single day" (Leon) we should note that a jump-discontinuity in acceleration ca… (View Post)

Also social distancing is natural to them. (Can EiT confirm?). Illustrated by Peter Ustinov's anecdote about a visit to Japan and Australia. Making his way with luggage through Tokyo airport, wh… (View Post)