National Punctuation Day

Last Friday (24th September) was National Punctuation Day. Punctuation can be vital:-)

A bit of spelling

Spelling has never been one of my strong points. With the built-in spelling check it's easier, of course. The first part of the following standup comedy performance has some hilarious moments when Eddie Izzard explains some of the pronunciation and spelling differences between British and American English. I especially like the part when he speaks in favour of the alternative 'thru' spelling of the word 'through'.



If you would like to watch the first part with subtitles you can do it here, thanks to Tünde, a colleague of mine at dover-elearning.

The inspector's monologue from 'Basil the Rat'

This episode of Fawlty Towers happens to be my favourite as well. Maybe it is the best. I especially like the inspector's monologue from 0:45. What a mixture of foodstuff and bureaucracy and black humour! I just love it.




You can click here for the script of the monologue.