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'Boaty McBoatface' just wouldn't float
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/05/2016
» Earlier this year, Britain's National Environment Research Council (NERC) decided it would be a good idea for the public to choose the name of their new polar scientific research ship. What better example of democracy in action?
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The day a grey smudge replaced Jon Smith
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/10/2015
» For well over three years there had been graffiti sprayed on an electricity junction box not far from my Bangkok abode. It read in large black letters “Jon Smith Was Here”, admittedly not the most original offering.
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Kinquering Congs and other slips of the tongue
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/10/2014
» A Thai student emailed me recently to ask if I could explain the difference between a spoonerism and a malapropism. Admittedly I'm the last person to answer questions on the intricacies of the English language. But spoonerisms and malapropisms are one of the more entertaining linguistic diversions, so we'll have a bash.
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Still searching for the sound of silence
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/04/2013
» Last Wednesday was International Noise Awareness Day, although if you live in Bangkok you could be forgiven for being blissfully unaware of this momentous occasion. It's hardly a revelation, but it's desperately difficult to escape noise in Thailand. You can't go to a department store or supermarket these days without being assaulted by an incessant babble of sales pitches from ladies with microphones, promoting anything from skin whitening creams to absurd looking lingerie.
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