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  • Word Perfect… English as she is spelled…

    ‘You should give lessons,’ a friend said to me, years ago now. ‘After all, you can speak perfect English.’ I reckoned it was a good idea. Here in sunny Switzerland there are lots of people who want to learn English. So I did the appropriate courses and emerged a while later as an English Language…

  • I don’t believe it!!!

    It was a real Victor Meldrew moment. The first of two, actually. There I was in Switzerland a couple of months ago, rooted to the spot in our nearest big-town washing machine retailer, eyes popping and mouth hanging open… But let’s start at the beginning. Washing machines, as we all know, don’t last forever and…

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