In Genova, where I was at the weekend, the temperature was around 16°C. Not bad for the bleak mid-winter. Even in Milan we had around 10°C, which is unseasonably warm for the time of year.Today in Milan, on the other hand, it is about 5°C and grey. It almost feels cold enough to be … [Read more...]
What could have been
January 16, 2007 By Leave a Comment
There is a lovely article in several online newspapers today. Here is one. Apparently, around 50 years ago the French (!) PM proposed, secretly, that England and France should merge, thereby forming an Anglo-Francais European superpower sort of thing.What a fascinating thought, although I'm … [Read more...]
Climate change – Have we gone too far?
January 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This is one odd winter. It is not really cold in Milan, nor was it last year. Not too long ago Milan got regular snow falls in winter. Not now. It was the same in the UK too around Christmas and we were in northern Britain at that. Remarkably mild for the time of year. Last summer it was … [Read more...]
Italian TV yet again
January 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I heard it on the news last night. Recent audience figures from the Auditel TV monitoring body have confirmed that Italians want better quality TV. Goody, goody. The brain numbing effect of all the low quality trashy TV programmes has finally made Italians vomit their feelings. Good for … [Read more...]
Getting confused
January 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I've been preparing some material on sentence composition and managed to confuse myself after trying to understand the difference between adjuncts and adverbials. Adverbials can be adjuncts apparently, but not always. Then there is presenting all these nuggets of grammatical knowledge to … [Read more...]
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