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Many thanks to Mohammed, Israel, Vitaliy, Pilar, Abdisamad, Olya, Tanuja and Hyoshil for your much appreciated messages of welcome.
Hyoshil - I was very impressed that you used ‘hogwash’ – what a great word that is! It dates back to 1400 and literally means the leftover food you give to a pig. Today it means nonsense.
Tanuja – I wasn’t aware of Tagore’s Bristol connection – but I had unforgivably forgotten to mention the tomb of Raja Rammohan Roy, the great Indian social reformer. He is buried in the cemetery which my house backs on to. The Indian government pays for the upkeep of the tomb and there is a regular stream of visitors to it
I commute by train (16 minutes) using Brunel’s great station Temple Meads, his railway line (Great Western) and his historic Box Tunnel. A very pleasant journey but an expensive season ticket!
How does the animation film’ The Wrong Trousers' connect with Roman Baths? It doesn’t really – a poor attempt at comic irony on my part. The Roman Baths are usually considered very grand and historical while The Wrong Trousers is a fun film from the 1990s. But it did win an Oscar!
BOSKA – I was a little confused, though you accidentally reminded me of another Bristol claim to fame – we used to have the Elizabeth Shaw chocolate factory. Sadly that’s now closed but there is a Cadbury’s factory down the road. And Cadbury can give those Belgians a run for their money! (strong competition)
Jiae – First of all congratulations for your terrific blog last month. You set a high standard for us to try and meet!
Your experience of Bristol & Bath typifies the point I was making. Bath is fabulous but Bristol has some lovely architecture, too. Hope you come again some time to check it out.
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Dear Mr. McGovern, I know the general principles of the game of cricket but detailed reports about cricket matches sound Greek to me. Though they seem to be written in English, I cannot make head or tail of what is being said. For all that, if I understand the sports background of cricket terms, I enjoy using them metaphorically. I’ve got a friend who is a mathematician. At the same time he writes poems, plays football and follows politics. I am simply BOWLED OVER while listening to him and call him an “ALL-ROUNDER”. Don’t try to argue with him on anything: you’ll be BATTING ON RATHER A STICKY WICKET. However, he’s only started learning foreign languages and when it comes down to English I have my INNINGS :-)
Hello Kieran! I´ve sent comments on your blogs but for some reason they haven´t appeared. Anyway, I really liked the BBC science program clip. It seems the presenter is having fun while his doing the experiment, which makes the video more enjoyable. Good bye for now, Ana Paula.
Hello Kieran! I´ve sent comments on your blogs but for some reason they haven´t appeared. Anyway, I really liked the BBC science program clip. It seems the presenter is having fun while his doing the experiment, which makes the video more enjoyable. Good bye for now, Ana Paula.
Hello Kieran, I posted this comment earlier. It didn’t appear so I made reentry here.Welcome this blogland. I don’t know any of your questions. I’m here to learn from you about Bristol and more jokes. I started reading English novels for the last three years. Since many blog teachers in this column pleaded us to read more to learn, I followed their advice. I started reading big novels in the past, but ended with reading not even few pages. Now I’ve improved my reading after following the suggestions of the teachers to follow the graded readers. Initially I started with intermediated level of Oxford and Cambridge university press books. Now I’ve reached the level to read the advanced level books. I’m sure that with the help of you and your guidance I’ll reach the level to read English novels and books without any hurdle. I’m happy and welcome you
hi Kiern since I am just finding my way to learn english, what is your adivse to me to improve my english thank you
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