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Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Monday, January 26/2009

Watching the sports reports on European television sheds interesting linguistic lights. So, for example, Austria, in German, is Osterreich - literally the Kingdom of the East - a lovely Wizard of Oz sounding place.

Jenny texts with the names of her two new grandchildren - Cody (Laura) and Jasmine (Emma).