Another potential for embarrassment between US and UK English In the US pants are worn outside your underwear: In many parts in the UK pants ARE your underwear: So, it may be inadvisable to say ‘ooh nice pants’ in the… Read More ›
Culture
Black Friday
Black Friday is an informal name for the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, the fourth Thursday of November, which has been regarded as the beginning of the country’s Christmas shopping season since 1952, although the term “Black Friday”… Read More ›
Engagement customs around the world
I got engaged about 6 weeks ago but we only exchanged rings ten days ago in Riga. When we posted photographs of our plain gold bands on Facebook, almost everyone thought we had married – probably because they knew we… Read More ›
Happy Halloween!
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Sound about right, sadly
At school was not allowed to use my left hand when learning to do things so I now crochet, sew, play sports, and use scissors badly with my right hand. I write with my left hand.
Kerning and Keming
In typography, kerning (less commonly mortising) is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result (Wikipedia). Okavango in South Africa is a particularly difficult word to kern correctly,… Read More ›
