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9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 1 reply · +4 points

A black coloured pencil, yeah. At least at my polling station.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 4 replies · +7 points

Opinions on the "take a biro so they can't rub out your mark and rig it for remain" bs that UKIP is spouting? Because I am honestly astounded at the ridiculousness - like, that's exactly why they give us coloured pencils? Because you can't rub them out?

9 years ago @ The Toast - If Lea Salonga Were Yo... · 0 replies · +4 points

*contented sigh*

I never knew I needed this, and yet I did. Bless you both.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Two Linguists Explain ... · 0 replies · +29 points

This is 100% the most Toastean thing ever to exist, and it is glorious.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +4 points

Isn't it, though? I mean, I am notoriously weak for rom coms, but it's still one of my faves, and the soundtrack is stellar.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Don't Let Anyone Tell ... · 1 reply · +7 points

THEY GIVE THIS TO 15-YEAR-OLD ITALIAN KIDS TO STUDY. AT LEAST AT THE SCHOOL I WORKED IN.

(I feel like it was in Modern English not the original, but still. STILL.)

(Not as bad as teaching the 17-year-olds Joyce and Woolf, though. At least Chaucer is straightforward.)

9 years ago @ The Toast - Don't Let Anyone Tell ... · 3 replies · +7 points

Old French is definitely easier. It is much more similar to modern French than Middle English is to Modern English. And you can see the influence of French (or, I mean, Norman dialect but close enough) on Middle-and-onwards English in the words that we've kept but have disappeared from French.

9 years ago @ The Toast - You're A Social Climbe... · 3 replies · +91 points

Deeply-entrenched and universally-acknowledged social rules are truly blessings for the socially anxious and/or awkward.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Friday Open Thread! · 0 replies · +1 points

RE: London: museums are free, if that's your jam. Natural History, British and Science are personal faves. London Dungeons are also a great time.

And definitely go to Skye! It's one of my favourite places in the world. I don't remember the name, because I last went when I was 12, but there's a castle where you can go on the lake and there are seals!

9 years ago @ The Toast - If Ted Cruz Were Your ... · 0 replies · +17 points

I feel dirty now. Like I need to scrub my skin with a wire brush and bleach.

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