• bluesky
    I am reading a book about murder in ancient Rome and it has used both “large adult son” and “chinny reckon” and I am FASCINATED by how these phrases (and others) have been translated not just for North American readers but also into other languages
  • mastodon

    I realise there are a billion Catholics on the planet but I’m still thinking about the conviction Jacob Elordi had that everyone could hear the capitalisation in his speech, when he was talking about how Guillermo del Toro told him to regard his 10hr makeup time as “The Sacrament” – these thoughts partly brought to us by that one dude I know who has no idea what Advent is

  • bluesky
    I took part in the RSPB’s #BigGardenBirdWatch, and my top spot was the Blue Tit but I saw fewer Tits than the national average bit.ly/3tgxjGS
  • mastodon

    Content warning:Food


    Turns out the disappointing potato letters are greatly improved by applying gravy to them, who knew?

  • bluesky
    I love how you can press the little superscript numbers in an ebook and it takes you right to the footnote and you press it again and it takes you back to where you were reading