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Tag Archives: BER

Hindsight

Yes, there’s always the unexpected, isn’t there?  – Major Warden, The Bridge on the River Kwai   In February a friend came to visit. I hadn’t seen him in a while. As we caught up over drinks he asked what we were listening to. That’s the Brandenburg Concertos, I told him. To emphasize my sophistication …

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Posted byPeteDecember 9, 2020December 19, 2020Posted inPostTags: A Girl Called Eddy, BER, Yule

Enjoy / Celebrate

  This week’s vocabulary words got me thinking that English could stand some joyous calibration of noun and verb. E.g. “Joy to the World” seems rather different from “The beverage you’re about to enjoy is hot.” You don’t get that imbalance with celebration and celebrate, do you. Anyway, to make it sticky, as we say in …

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Posted byPeteDecember 8, 2019January 11, 2020Posted inPostTags: BER, Vocabulary, Yule
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