Tag: French language
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Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill in Early Middle English
English is a funny one, we think of it now as what is spoken either in the US or UK or indeed International English, but there was a long journey to get there, from Germanic and later French influences, and I think Norse. Here you have Kate Bush‘s Running Up That Hill in Early Middle…
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The History of Ulysses 31
Obviously given the channel ‘Toy Galaxy’ this history of my biggest love, Ulysses 31 is slanted towards toys, but there is background to how U31 started. I have never seen the pilot, that’s big news, and a few things I didn’t know. One big thing is that the US didn’t really get Ulysses 31 mania,…
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RC 317: Europa Mon Amour / Royal Flush
There Aint No Party Like A Brexit Party! Friday 31st of January, in the next day or so the UK will be exiting the European Union which it has been a member of since 1973. Europa No More! Longer than I’ve been alive. So this podcast isn’t a fusty dusty talk about the Ins and…
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jour pluvieux mix
Sometimes I escape into music when things get bad and words don’t seem to be doing any justice. As was the case with the first rainy day mix years ago…and my podcast when I was doing that. Difference is it’s called ‘jour pluvieux’. I’ll admit my French is terrible, but if Google and other sites…