I swear he once walked down our street
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ventaThings I saw on my way to work this morning...
A lady who had balanced a large-format book open on top of a pushchair. From it she was testing the older of the two boys she was hurrying along on spellings of words which end -ble. He wanted them to end -bel and she was clearly frustrated. "Portable?" she asked. "Oh that's definitely one that ends "i - b - e - l", he said. "Port-A-ble" she repeated, crossly.
A butch, bullish, bruiser of a man escorting a little girl to school. He carried a pink Hello Kitty lunch box and flask. She wore a scarlet anorak and purple tights, and was scooting along on a hot pink scooter.
An older gentleman in a smart black suit, riding a bicycle. He disdained the ubiquitous day-glo diddy jacket, and instead wore a neat, luminous yellow Sam Browne.
A grey-haired man in a scruffy, striped polo shirt and ripped jeans, muttering to himself as he walked unsteadily along the pavement reading the Financial Times.
A lady who had balanced a large-format book open on top of a pushchair. From it she was testing the older of the two boys she was hurrying along on spellings of words which end -ble. He wanted them to end -bel and she was clearly frustrated. "Portable?" she asked. "Oh that's definitely one that ends "i - b - e - l", he said. "Port-A-ble" she repeated, crossly.
A butch, bullish, bruiser of a man escorting a little girl to school. He carried a pink Hello Kitty lunch box and flask. She wore a scarlet anorak and purple tights, and was scooting along on a hot pink scooter.
An older gentleman in a smart black suit, riding a bicycle. He disdained the ubiquitous day-glo diddy jacket, and instead wore a neat, luminous yellow Sam Browne.
A grey-haired man in a scruffy, striped polo shirt and ripped jeans, muttering to himself as he walked unsteadily along the pavement reading the Financial Times.
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Date: 2011-10-12 05:42 pm (UTC)An optimistic way to teach English spelling, certainly!
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Date: 2011-10-13 10:45 am (UTC)For a long time, anyone in my class wrote my name "Elizebeth", and indeed pronounced it more like "Elizzybeth".
Which is odd, because a friend of mine whose surname is Bickley tells me that linguistics reckon "Bickley" is uncommon as a surname because 'i' sounds tend to degenerate (via Beckley to Buckley).
Er... I don't think I really have a conclusion :)
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Date: 2011-10-13 10:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-13 12:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-13 10:42 am (UTC)Sadly, it depends on me noticing interesting people. "Today on my way to work I saw 743 grumpy commuters, resentfully awake" would get a bit wearing after the first 5-6 days :)
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Date: 2011-10-14 11:07 am (UTC)Ahh....that was me.
Sorry I blanked you.
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Date: 2011-10-14 11:10 am (UTC)In other news hello, nice to hear from you! How's things in your life?
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Date: 2011-10-14 10:10 pm (UTC)