…with the exception of Stewart Lee, who wrote brilliantly about the differences between German and British humour four years ago. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/may/23/germany.features11 It all comes down to language. And context. I have been living here for almost eight years, find all sorts of things very funny, consider myself as someone with a dry humour and I [...]
Feb
17
Swear words – the use of
When my father stayed with us over Christmas last year he was quite shocked about the amount of swearing on telly. My dad went to Oxford in the early 70ies and he used to watch Monty Python, Russell Brand is not quite his cup of tea, but he likes Father Ted and surprisingly took [...]
Helen's Paws for Thought
- Bobby in a box September 6, 2010Our cat is incredibly nosey and likes small boxes – she even sleeps in them. I thought I share a few photos of her which we took a couple of weeks ago. […]helen
- New layout for my blog September 6, 2010I decided it’s time to change the blog’s theme and layout and I hope you like it. I always wanted to incorporate Bobby’s paw into my blog’s header and thanks to this new theme I found I was able to. I am still working on my new website -hence the lack of blog entries lately. […]helen
- Ukuleles August 2, 2010I am not normally a trendy person, but in March I ordered an Ohana Ukulele from Music Is Life http://www.musicislife.co.uk/ (also called the Southern Ukulele Store on Ebay) which finally arrived a few weeks ago. Ukuleles are very popular at the moment – even the Guardian has dedicated an article to a Ukulele teacher in […]helen