One of my New Year's resolutions was to keep up to date with my blogging. Of course we all know that New Year resolutions are for breaking, but with the best will in the world I couldn't drag myself to the computer on January 1st, in fact due to a combination of business, tiredness and […]

For all you lexophiles (lovers of words). Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine. A backward poet writes in verse. A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. Dijon vu - the same mustard as before. Practise safe eating - always use condiments. Shotgun wedding: A case of […]

1,437 people took part in my Christmas quiz. I don't know how they all got on, but I do hope they enjoyed it more than my husband's Aunt who stayed with us over Christmas. Now remember I prepared the quiz for ESL/EFL learners from other countries, but she never completed it even though she tried […]

Rule 1: Remember the human The golden rule your parents and your kindergarten teacher taught you was pretty simple: Do unto others as you'd have others do unto you. Imagine how you'd feel if you were in the other person's shoes. Stand up for yourself, but try not to hurt people's feelings. In cyberspace, we […]

Now, I am not going t0 name and shame like some blogs do - I know, boring, boring. But, suffice to say that somewhere in Germany there is an American style bar. After a hefty evening's Christmas shopping my husband and I were in need of some sustenance. We both fancied a burger and being […]

Some of you may have guessed by now that I'm not your average, run of the mill English teacher. My philosophy is - If you're not having fun, something's wrong. With that in mind I opened the Pal Talk room today using the Christmas song - Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer as the topic. I think […]