Comments catch-up

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all your comments for the last couple of week. You've made me feel really welcome here on the blog.

Naheed - I'm not sure how you 'watch ads on the radio' but it sounds like fun ;)

Anand - A good way to check your work for simple mistakes is to do what proofreaders do and that's to use your finger to touch each word you write (yes, almost like you're a child again, learning to read). Somehow the act of touching each word, slows you down and helps you really see each word, and that way makes it easier to spot some very simple slips.

Tanuja, Ramilton and Mahjabeen – Good to hear you liked the 'perspective' ad. It does make you stop and think, doesn't it?

Vladimir thanks for your comments. You're right there are technical glitches now and again but how dull would technology be if it all actually worked all the time? ;)

Rosario, It sounds like the animals in your life really do fight like cats and dogs!

Mahjabeen, Hyoshil and Naheed - Well done on your homework! Good work!

Boska - It's good to hear you find my stories easy to understand. Thanks. Have a look at Mahjabeen, Hyoshil and Naheed's comments for a hint or two on the homework.

Vladimir - I hear what you're saying about animals, children and responsibilities!

Raquel - Glad you're enjoying the blog! I think you're right. I think eventually, I will get a cat of my own (it really is time to stop pretending Willow is mine!)

Ana Paula - I suppose your studies ARE more important than a cat! Keep up the good work at uni!

Paulraj – I know exactly what you mean about ads interrupting the action! It really is annoying when you're on the edge of your seat, and suddenly there's a break to tell you about a new shampoo you just have to have!

Vijay – Thanks for the welcome and I hope the language tips are hitting the right note for you still!

Olya – Glad I could bring back some happy memories for you. It's funny the memories that surface when you least expect them. It was Shirley's blog about ads that got me thinking about ads again. And suddenly, all the memories came flooding back. Glad to hear you like the newspaper ad too. It is a good one, isn't it?

Cheikh Vall – I'll try and pepper my blog with expressions you (and everyone else who reads the blogs) find useful!

Abdisamad Sharif The collocation is to make a programme.

Asad – You hate ads? Well, I suppose one man's meat is another man's poison, isn't it?

Hyoshil – Thanks for that lovely Scottish welcome!

Pilar – Most people pronounce it like this: Noola (but actually there's a very quiet e (or a schwa) in there, like this: Noo(e)la. But honestly, as long as you don't call me late for dinner, I don't mind what you call me!

Lucy - Are you managing to win the Name That Ad game yet?

YPW - Oh yes, I know what you mean! I love reading cookbooks and recipes in newspapers too!

Ena - Isn't it funny that the things we thought were daft about our parents when we were young, sudden make sense when we're older?

Kuldeep - I'll certainly try to keep the flow of anecdotes coming.

Have a good weekend everyone!

All the best,

Nuala
Vocabulary
dull – boring
glitches – technical problems
fight like cat and dogs – an idiom which means to fight a lot (e.g. She doesn't get on with her brother at all, they're always fighting like cats and dogs). Here, Rosario is actually taking about these animals - cats and dogs – so that's why I put an exclamation mark (!) at the end to show that I thought this was funny. I hope you do too!
I hear what you're saying – I understand what you are talking about
you're on the edge of your seat – you are very tense, excited or frightened and can't wait to find out what happens next (in the cinema or the theatre, for example)
hitting the right note – being the right thing for you, being just what you want
surface which you least expect them – come up or appear when you aren't expecting them to
memories came flooding back – the things from your past that you haven't thought about for a long time come into your head and you think about them
pepper – put here and there in a random pattern
one man's meat is another man's poison – a saying that means different people like different thing. We're not all the same in what we like and dislike
daft – silly
keep the flow of anecdotes coming – if you keep the flow of something coming you continue it, without stopping

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