English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.
There is no such thing, incidentally, as one kudo. - Bill Bryson
There is no such thing, incidentally, as one kudo.
- Bill Bryson
English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, … - Bill Bryson
English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, …
That's the trouble with losing your mind; by the time it's gone, it's too late to get it back. - Bill Bryson
That's the trouble with losing your mind; by the time it's gone, it's too late to get it back.
In the morning I awoke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of a no… - Bill Bryson
In the morning I awoke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of a no…
There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wron… - Bill Bryson
There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wron…
Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to rem… - Bill Bryson
Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to rem…
Eating in Sweden is really just a series of heartbreaks. - Bill Bryson
Eating in Sweden is really just a series of heartbreaks.
It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before. - Bill Bryson
It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before.
And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any num… - Bill Bryson
And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any num…
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