The idiomatic expression 'lead someone up the garden path' means to trick someone, or make them believe something is true when it isn't. OK, fair enough*, you say. And..? Here is a sentence: The old man the boat. Unless you're already familiar with 'garden path sentences,' your reaction is probably something like Huh? What? Makes … Sigue leyendo You Led Me Up The Garden Path
Sometimes the most obvious things are right there, staring us in the face, and we don't even stop and think about, let alone realise, what that thing is. This was my thing with 'always'. If you do stop and think about it, something I'd failed to to do until very recently, you'll see it's just … Sigue leyendo Always
But what is a "blurb"? It's the wonderful word for the short text on the back cover of a book which serves to promote, describe and summarise its content. This is the first blurb that ever there was. It was intended as a joke, which is why we ended up with a less than serious … Sigue leyendo Seriously? This Thing Is Called a Blurb?
The humble beer mat has quite a history and a multitude of uses apart from just being something to put your pint on.It was invented in Germany in the 19th century but was first intended to put your glass of schnapps on.Watson and Crick are believed to have worked out their DNA theory on a … Sigue leyendo Beer mats
Kitchen sink dramas, idiomatic language and colloquialisms Up The Junction is a song by London band Squeeze, which was released in 1979 and reached number 2 on the UK singles chart. But it's a damn sight more* than just that. Up The Junction is one of the greatest and most inspired songs of 1979, which … Sigue leyendo UP THE JUNCTION
She Said She Said is the final track on side one of The Beatles' revolutionary, mindblowing, and some might say greatest ever record: Revolver. https://youtu.be/NZOBWYHgZjw?si=EkfxJrXeeR8VAiG_ The title of the song might actually have been 'He Said, He Said' as its inspiration comes from words said by Peter Fonda. That's the Peter Fonda who was the … Sigue leyendo She Said, She Said
Back to school! The day has come around again and what better way to mark it than with this song by The White Stripes? You can find it on their record White Blood Cells, which they made in 2001; a time at which they were truly at the top of their game.* And you can … Sigue leyendo We’re Going To Be Friends
Fiction that's just a heartbeat away from fact. I loved this TV series. https://youtu.be/kSrcNCGMrLc?si=ejQfXdvqJZ_2vbQf So the plot of the book Daisy Jones and The Six that then became the series is loosely based on the rocky relationship between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham of rock band Fleetwood Mac in the seventies. But there's a whole … Sigue leyendo Daisy Jones and The Six (and six singers that Daisy Jones might’ve been)
"I've never been too good with names.The cellar door was open, I could never stay away.I know it's prob'ly not my place.It's either or, I'm hoping for a simple way to say. It's a shame about Ray.In the stone, under the dust,His name is still engraved.Some things need to go away.It's a shame about Ray. … Sigue leyendo It’s a Shame about Ray
What's the difference between 'what' and 'which'? If it were Jules, played to perfection by Samuel L. Jackson in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, asking me the question, I'd be trying pretty hard to get the answer right. The well-known catchphrase comes from the hilarious scene in which Jules is questioning a very scared young man, … Sigue leyendo ‘Say «what» again’
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