I think it is virtually impossible to completely master another language unless you start young and live in a country it is spoken in and I'm always wary of people who are described as "fluent" in x number of languages. We used to have a trainee who was Belgian, spoke Dutch as a native lan...
I love this place. I think collectively we know everything there is to know. Certainly everything worth knowing. My Mother learned German at school and, deep into her 80s, can still speak it to some extent. I suspect it has a quaint, out of date charm to a modern ear since it has never been updated...
Not exactly the BBC but they broadcast the interview and have put the quote on their website. In the debate about whther women should serve in combat rôles in the Army: "It's pretty much down to a woman that we are not speaking Latin today," she said, referring to Boudicca, queen of the Ic...
I'm more of a Long Good Friday fan. Harold: The Mafia? I've shit 'em. Harold: You don't crucify people! Not on Good Friday! Pool Attendant: They kept it all incognito. They're gonna collect the body in an ice cream van. Harold: There's a lot of dignity in that, isn't there? Going out like a raspberr...