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Tedesco(a) means German in Italian. Interesting. Funny how the word German has such varying translations. Deutsch. German. Tedesco. Aleman. Allemand. Ok the last two are quite similar but still, tedesco sounds so random to me ( Read more... ) -
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Meurtre is French for murder. The link between muerte, Spanish for death, and our murder had never occurred to me before today!
A bow tie in French is a noeud papillon, a butterfly knot, which is nice.
A thing that I learn time and time again is that I am not a morning person at all and that before 9am I can be extraordinarily grumpy. Though Matt's ( Read more... ) -
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I don't know if I've learnt that much today. Work was hard and long and my last phone call made me cry which was a little embarrassing but I am a bit hormonal at the moment, and I don't think anyone saw.
I suppose I learnt that green tea and Turkish delight is an alright combination and can possibly even alleviate or cure a headache (too soon to ( Read more... ) -
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Danny DeVito is from Asbury Park and was born in Neptune. Although I have a feeling that I already knew this because I remember watching Matilda and pausing on the scene where there's a lunchbox with 'Greetings from Asbury Park' on it. Does learning something you already know count if you forgot you knew it in the first place?
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Thank you Caroline for reminding me of my journals :) I have spent hours reading through them, and I don't know whether I'm disappointed or pleased to discover that I actually haven't changed very much at all. I'm still lazy, I'm still disappointed in myself sometimes, I'm still interested in the same things. I'm worse at keeping in touch with ( Read more... ) -
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Sophie and I went for a walk on Sunday, and had a lovely time. ( It was a pretty day, in a pretty place. ) -
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Planning the trip is really addictive. I keep forgetting that there's still the whole of July before they arrive/we go. I'll be busy working though hopefully, I'm working 5 days this rota week (Fri,Sat,Mon,Tues,Weds). I haven't told them I'm going away yet though, but I don't think they'll mind too much as long as I tell them soon ( Read more... )