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New words I probably won't be using
Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/08/2025
» The Cambridge Dictionary recently announced the inclusion of 6,000 new words mainly derived from their common usage in social media. I fear those words will simply be added to an already lengthy list of vocabulary I am totally unfamiliar with. As one observer noted "internet culture is changing the English language."
Home alone … a case of bad timing
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/07/2021
» The emotional events at Wembley Stadium last Sunday inevitably stirred personal memories of a similar happening with a different outcome 55 years previously in the summer of 1966.
Lao Youth Radio: better than your average radio
News, Vannaphone Sitthirath, Published on 29/03/2021
» 'Short and snappy", "visual', "content-oriented" and "mobile-friendly" are words that Bounheng Southichak, managing director and founder of Lao Youth Radio, commonly uses these days when he talks about the products that the station's team aims for.
Encircled by muck
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/12/2020
» Another news report states the prime minister says fighting corruption is his No.1 priority.
Retro dreams
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/08/2019
» Regular readers may know that I have a Thai niece whom I have brought up since birth. She is now 22 years old in her final year at university. That in itself makes me feel old, but wait -- there is more that is about to poke sticks at my mortal coil.
When alliances bear fruit
News, Published on 09/02/2019
» The Thai Raksa Chart Party and the Pheu Thai Party may be "too close for comfort" and this week's candidacy registration may have exposed something to that effect.
Kill all of these rascally dogs
News, Postbag, Published on 25/03/2018
» Back in the 1960s the Hong Kong government was paranoid about rabid dogs entering the colony from mainland China.
The strange dude in the Afghan coat
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/02/2018
» The other day on television, someone mentioned Afghan coats and it reminded me of the time I was the proud possessor of such a coat, even though it wasn't mine. Although I travelled overland through Asia in 1969 when Afghan coats were becoming quite fashionable, I didn't buy one on the journey primarily because I couldn't afford it. As we were headed East towards warmer climes, such a heavy coat also didn't seem practical.