The implicit belief that people in shitty situations are stuck there because of some fault of theirs, not mere bad luck and circumstance, is very widely held, because to believe the opposite would be… (View Post)

Perhaps that's because Rashford wasn't making "help people in immediate difficulties" conditional on "sign up to the cooking course" ? It's the linking of the two t… (View Post)

"Potential change in control/management of a company worries employees" is hardly news. Change and uncertainty are always sources of worry. (View Post)

Yes, I know. The point is that the dog's name in English has an extra layer of wordplay not present in the French. (View Post)

I think it's more that the English translator for Asterix (Anthea Bell) was very very good. Translating pun-heavy humour is really difficult, and you often have to be quite free with it, sometim… (View Post)