Nigel Farage resigned his Clacton seat this week. Not to leave politics. To trigger a by-election and stand again, apparently to get ahead of questions about his finances. Every major party has refused to field a candidate, calling it a stunt. So the man now lined up as his main challenger is a 5,900 year...
I left the UK in 2002. I’ve lived in Singapore ever since. And somewhere along the way, I stopped speaking the same English as the people I grew up with. Not because I picked up Singlish (though I did, a bit). But because English itself kept moving in two directions at once, and I was...
When I first moved to Singapore, I made the same mistake most newcomers make. Something felt abrupt or unfamiliar, so I assumed there was a problem. Not with me. With Singapore. It didn’t take long to figure out the truth. You are not going to change Singapore. If you stay long enough, Singapore changes you....
There are many British words which are different to American words. For example:A lorry is a slimmer truck.A lift is an elevator.A fortnight is two weeks.A chemist is a person who works in a drugstore.A dual carriageway is a freeway.Here’s a list of various British words and expressions together with their American and Singaporean equivalents....
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1. Christmas or Xmas? Christmas sometimes known as Xmas, does not stem from a secular attempt to remove the religious tradition from Christmas by taking the “Christ” out of “Christmas”. In the Greek language and alphabet, the letter that looks like an X is the Greek letter chi / Χ (pronounced ‘kye’ – it rhymes...
UK To allow a vehicle, cyclists or pedestrian to proceed usually when they do not have priority. To warn others of hazards or to simply greet a person that you may recognise. Communicating to another vehicle that a police speed trap or camera is ahead. Singapore “Get the fuggout-ta-myway cos I’m speeding up. Just...
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Darth Vader was played by an English actor (and bodybuilder!) called David Prowse, however the iconic voice was re-dubbed by the stage and film actor James Earl Jones. This voice was deemed more threatening than that of the original actor. David Prowse has a West Country English accent, think English country farmer accent. Check out this...
The haze over the last few weeks has been really annoying! Not only are we both having dry eyes and itchy throats, we are also feeling very tired. Should a PSI reading above 50 be taken more seriously than it is? Out of interest I thought I’d look at the pollutants index in London, as tonight...
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