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I am very proud of my sister: she was recently accepted into a salsa dancing troupe.
I tried cooking pad thai tonight for the first time and learned quite a bit about tofu and noodles. I now aspire to owning a good non-stick flat-bottomed wok.
The Canary Wharf Waitrose is a strange and unintuitively organized store. My search for tofu gathered up three of the store's staff, all of whom also wished to know where it was kept.
All the teaspoons in the apartment have vanished into the ether. It is a mystery.
I am now a happy possessor of a copy of Conrad's Fate, the most recent Diana Wynne Jones novel.
Heard on Radio 2 moments ago: Mark Radcliffe is interviewing Simon Armitage, who, discussing accents and travel between the UK and the US, quoth: "There is an equivalent between Yorkshire and Iowa. We seem to get along fine." No wonder I felt at home in York.

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As an undergrad I had taken an American dialects class - tremendously fascinating stuff - the prof's own expertise was UK (particularly scottish) dialects, so we had many interesting discussions.

Just another of those innumerable topics I find really interesting - but not interesting enough to base a career on. ;)

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What a wonderful course topic! I've always liked linguistics courses, but have never been nearly good enough at them - I have a poor ear for accents and precision in listening. This is probably why I loved syntax so much.

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