Home Is Where The Swearword(s) Live(s)

Except, how do you know which ones? They say that you revert to your native language when you count, which was a myth I believed in for a long time until I realized that – with my stronger languages at least – Iโ€™d just count in the language I was speaking in. And in a…

Back to School – what’s in a name (especially when it’s yours)

โ€ฆ my motherโ€™s boss decided to address me as Adelheid. It threw me off for a minute because my middle name was nowhere close to what she was calling me, phonetically or through any stretch of the imagination when it came to meaning. As it soon transpired there was a more sinister element to her bestowing such a Germanic name on my poor teenage self.