I’m going to begin by saying that I live in the UK. I was born in the UK, and I’m not that well-travelled, having visited the US, France, Belgium and Ireland. But I wanted to provide some patronizing education about the UK. About what it is, and what it isn’t. We are pretty much unique (that is, we stand alone with Israel and New Zealand) insomuch as we don’t have a written constitution embodied in a single document. But discussing that will lead to complex issues that I’m certainly not qualified to educate anyone on. So, the UK. Or, to … Continue reading UK and Britain – What it is and isn’t.

Recently, on Twitter, I posted something – and I’m paraphrasing – about “All right is two words. Alright isn’t proper English.” Or words to that effect. Lots of people agreed, lots disagreed, and some of my followers retweeted the tweet, and people who didn’t follow me commented as well. One comment stated that “Alright is perfectly acceptable.” And I responded with something like, “Try using it in an academic paper.” It was meant as a bit of a light-hearted response. I mean, who really wants to fall out over the whole all right/alright argument? In her reply (she looked like … Continue reading To cause offence