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A Word To The Wise

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Humour. Eccentric English behaviour and habits. This is a tongue in cheek look at the English (written by one of them.)

Added on: Sep 23rd, 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Author: jan
Listed in: Observational Humor Destinations
Tags: english language eccentric idiom weird words odd words silly sayings

Recent Posts

Tales Of King Arthur And Camelot

Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 06:02 in literature, geoffrey chaucer, merlin, king arthur, camelot, canterbury tales, knights of the round table

Image via WikipediaWay back in the 14th century, middle English poet and writer, Geoffrey Chaucer, wrote his ‘Canterbury Tales’. The ‘Tale of the Wife of Bath’ begins like this:“ In th’olde dayes of the Kyng Arthur,Of which the Britons s...
Link To Your Own Blog When You Comment

Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 13:58 in google, search engine optimization, website, search engines, author, tools, weblogs, free links, add links

Image by Laughing Squid via FlickrWell, I finally managed to get it working! What? Well, I have been trying to get CommentLuv working properly on this blog, in the same way as it works on my author blog. After several false starts I gave up, but I ca...
Searching For The Black Dog Of Death

Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 04:53 in lancashire, manchester, east anglia, black dog, black shuck, gwyllgi

Image via WikipediaThe legend of the Black Dog of Death is part of British folklore right across the UK. Versions of the story vary from Jersey, to Yorkshire and Winchester to Wales, but there is always an element of warning in them.In most versions...
UK Government Employs Super Hackers To Fight Back

Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 08:20 in china, computer security, hacker, war on terrorism, espionage, lord west, warfare and conflict, her majesty's government

Image by aLii_ via FlickrThe UK’s new Cyber Security Operations Centre will start work in September. The idea is to launch aggressive attacks on hackers and intruders on the internet. Lord West who has been appointed Britain’s cyber security mini...
Does England Really Exist?

Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 11:10 in Government, England, Ireland, great britain, union flag, elizabeth ii of the united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and ireland

Image by .craig via Flickr I discovered a strange thing today! I was born in England and count myself as English, preferring to be English rather than British. In fact it irritates me slightly when I have to fill in on-line forms and they ask ...
World's First Traffic Lights Light Up London

Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 15:22 in Government, house of commons, house of commons of the united kingdom

Image via Wikipedia The world’s first traffic lights were erected outside the House of Commons in London, in 1868. The red and green gas lights were put into a lantern which revolved, and the whole thing was put on top of a cast iron pillar. ...